Urgent Care is Expanding Access and Will Soon Offer Virtual Visits
In order to expand access to pediatric primary care in Washington state, Seattle Children’s will begin offering virtual visits with our urgent care providers beginning in mid-January. In addition, our Urgent Care (UC) clinic in Seattle at the hospital has moved to a larger space, added providers and expanded its weekday hours to open at 11 a.m. (versus 4 p.m.) effective Monday, January 9.
Virtual visits
- Will begin mid-January
- Patients must be in Washington state at the time of their virtual visit.
- Virtual UC hours: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
- To schedule, families should use the online Urgent Care scheduling portal and choose “video visit” as their preferred location.
- Virtual visits will be for children with these symptoms:
- Allergies
- Bite (animal, human, insect)
- Cold and flu symptoms
- Constipation
- Cough/congestion
- Croup
- Diarrhea
- Eye infection
- Fever age 2+ years
- Head injury (no loss of consciousness)
- Injury advice
- Lice
- Nausea/vomiting
- Sinus infection
- Skin rash
- Sore throat
- Urinary tract infection