Telemedicine at AFC Urgent Care Aurora Saddle Rock

AFC Urgent Care Aurora Saddle Rock is providing telemedicine visits for our patients to ensure they can access care whenever they need to. Telemedicine at AFC Urgent Care Aurora Saddle Rock allows patients that have difficulty traveling or need a more flexible option for healthcare.

Need a digital urgent care visit from the comfort of your home? Simply click the pre-register button at the top of our page.

Telemedicine is an excellent option for nearby patients that need to get conveineint diagnoses for ongoing symptoms, COVID risks, mild injuries and more. All you need is an internet connection or phone to get started with digital healthcare options from the comfort of your home.

Our provider team can consult patients, provide referrals, evaluate injuries, diagnose symptoms, and recommend coordinated care all through telemedicine. All our patients need is audio and video capabilities to get the care they need. If you have any questions, please call our provider team for more information.

We’ve provided resources to explain what telemedicine is, the services we can provide via telemedicine.

Telemedicine Overview for Aurora Saddle Rock

Telemedicine is simply defined as using digital technology to deliver medical care from a distance, which helps patients coordinate care. Through telemedicine, your urgent care provider team at AFC Urgent Care Aurora Saddle rock can diagnose and initiate treatment steps for several mild to moderate conditions. Connecting to telemedicine is fairly straightforward for most patients.

A dedicated telemedicine portal through our booking platform simply requires online audio and video capabilities. A secure connection with your provider allows them to provide a variety of urgent care solutions. Simple diagnoses along with at-home treatment steps make getting care easy without the need for an in-person visit. Telemedicine helps your provider to directly recommend urgent care at the clinic if need be. Injury symptoms along with illness symtpoms are diagnosable via telemedicine.

To get started, click the pre-register button at the top of our website. Simply select the telemedicine option and you’ll be directed for next steps to our telemedicine platform. For questions related to insurances accepted for telemedicine, please refer to our accepted insurances.

Telemedicine Services available at AFC Urgent Care Aurora Saddle Rock:

Here are all the conditions and needs we can treat via telemedicine:

• Allergy Symptoms
• Bug Bites
• Poison Ivy
• Eczema
• Psoriasis
• Mild Sunburn
• Cold Sores
• Canker Sores
• Cold
• Sore Throat
• Diarrhea
• Ear infection, earache, or swimmers ear
• Eye infection, pinkeye, sties
• Female urinary tract infections
• Head Lice
• Infected toenail or fingernail
• Minor Burns
• Minor Rashes (e.g. Impetigo, Shingles, Ringworm)
• Newly onset cough
• Sinus Infection or Sinusitis
• **Medication renewal (no controlled or addictive substances, no long term chronic illness prescriptions-1 month prescription only, No ADD, ADHD, or mental health prescription.) ***
• Fever
• Urinary Tract Infections

Medical services not provided through telemedicine:

• No narcotic or controlled substance renewal or prescription.
• No prescriptions over one month
• No Chest Pain
• No Pelvic/genital/rectal/breast exams
• No suturing (Must come in person for a vist)
• No psychiatric conditions
• No emergency symptoms including: Dial 911 (chest pain, shortness of breath, allergic reaction, choking, altered of consciousness, head or neck injury
• No STD’s or STI’s (Must come into Center)
• No Pregnancy, birth control renewal or birth control advice
• No Workers' Compensation or Occupational Health visits (Must come into Center)
• No Referrals to specialists (Must come into Center)
• No Physicals or Sport Physicals (Must come into Center)
• No Suturing, suturing removal or wound care (Must come into Center)
• No Children under 6 months