Telemedicine Information for COVID-19

COVID-19 Telemedince Information:

Unity Health Care, MedStar, and GW MFA

Unity Clinic COVID-19 care:

To Our Patients: What You Need to Know - Unity Health Care’s Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Your health matters. As our community faces challenges related to the coronavirus, Unity is committed to keeping our patients healthy and safe. We are now offering telehealth video and phone appointments. Whether you’re feeling sick or just need a routine check-up, you can see and speak to your provider from the comfort of your home. Call (202) 469 –4699 to make an appointment.

All you need is a smartphone or a computer with video capabilities to schedule a telehealth video appointment! Don’t have a smartphone? No problem. You can schedule an audio-only visit through any telephone.

If you already have an appointment scheduled, you may be contacted to switch your in-person appointment to a video or telephone appointment.

Call us at 202-469-4699 BEFORE coming to one of our health centers, especially if you are showing signs of fever, cough, or shortness of breath.

Medstar Health

The MedStar Health e-Visit is a faster, easier way to see a medical provider for basic express care needs. The service is a virtual/video visit with a medical provider offering consultation, diagnosis, treatment, and even prescriptions when appropriate. MedStar e-Visit is available 24/7 and is open to anyone in the MedStar service area which includes Washington, DC. This service can be accessed via the MedStar e-Visit app on a smartphone or tablet, or on a PC by going directly to MedStarhealth.org/eVisit. You do NOT need to be a MedStar Health patient to access an e-Visit provider. In other words, this platform is open to residents of the District of Columbia. Based on the outcomes of the e-Visit, patients may be referred for COVID-19 testing from an e-Visit provider to one of MedStar Health’s testing sites with a physician’s order.

MedStar Health also has two urgent care facilities in the District of Columbia: one on Capitol Hill and one in Adams Morgan. Both facilities are open seven (7) days a week from 8am-8pm and offer testing for COVID-19 if indicated with a doctor’s order. MedStar also has 12 additional urgent care centers in the Washington, DC/Baltimore areas.

George Washington

GW is now offering an appointment-only COVID-19 testing site for adults with a physician/health care provider referral. Our drive-through and pedestrian test collection sites will be open on Monday, April 6, 2020 for testing in Washington, D.C. from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday. The drive-through testing site will be at 20th and H Streets NW (cars entering at 22nd and H Street NW) and pedestrian testing will be at 22nd and I St NW.

You must have a physician/health care provider referral to make an appointment. Testing is by appointment only. We are offering a walk-up option for patients without a car.

These on-site testing options are a service of the George Washington University Hospital, GW Medical Faculty Associates and the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Have other or no medical provider? Do not have insurance?

If you:

• Do not have a medical provider
• Have a medical provider that does not do telemedicine
• Do not have insurance

You can call: 311. There you will given information on how to get seen by a physician.