<![CDATA[OSF HealthCare Newsroom]]> https://newsroom.osfhealthcare.org/ en-us Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:45:59 +0200 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 21:05:00 +0200 <![CDATA[OSF HealthCare Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1873.png https://newsroom.osfhealthcare.org/ 144 OSF OnCall Urgent Care Clinic in Sycamore expands to weekends https://newsroom.osfhealthcare.org/osf-oncall-urgent-care-clinic-in-sycamore-expands-to-weekends/ https://newsroom.osfhealthcare.org/osf-oncall-urgent-care-clinic-in-sycamore-expands-to-weekends/662621Walk-in clinic proves popular in its first monthOSF OnCall, part of Peoria, Illinois-based OSF HealthCare, offers unique, full-scale digital health and convenient care options. Providing an array of services anytime, anywhere, OSF OnCall includes digital platforms and software to connect people with care 24/7 using smartphone apps, text-based check-ins and video visits with live support. OSF OnCall Urgent Care offers in-person or virtual visits for minor injuries and illness. OSF OnCall Connect supports people through digital and at-home care. OSF OnCall also represents other at-home and hospital-based digital care including remote monitoring, intensive care and hospitalist programs, as well as a digital hospital option. Learn more at osfoncall.org. 

OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. OSF HealthCare has 16 hospitals – 10 acute care, five critical access, 1 transitional care - with 2,131 licensed beds throughout Illinois and Michigan. OSF employs nearly 24,000 Mission Partners across 150+ locations; has two colleges of nursing; operates OSF Home Care Services, an extensive network of home health and hospice services; owns Pointcore, Inc., comprised of health care-related businesses; OSF HealthCare Foundation, the philanthropic arm for the organization; and OSF Ventures, which provides investment capital for promising health care innovation startups. In 2020, OSF OnCall was established, a digital health operating unit, including a hospital-at-home. OSF OnCall delivers care and services when, where and how patients prefer to receive them. OSF HealthCare has been recognized by Fortune as one of the most innovative companies in the country. re at osfhealthcare.org/. 

]]>Sycamore and surrounding communities in and around DeKalb County have embraced a new medical option for urgent care – the OSF OnCall Urgent Care clinic that opened in August.

The number of daily visits to the retail urgent care clinic at 661 S Peace Road in Sycamore has surpassed expectations with nearly 400 visitors in the first month. Christina Hardee, director of Operations, OSF OnCall says the demand for employment and school physicals accounted for 120 visits during August.

The OSF OnCall Urgent Care opened with a soft launch providing health assessments and treatment Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Operations will expand to weekends as of October 1 and once training is complete, X-ray service will be added on Saturdays and Sundays as well.

The clinic is staffed by experienced care guides, a radiology technologist and an advanced practice provider. Providers deliver basic urgent care services such as treatment for colds, cough, flu, sprains, minor lacerations and school and sports physicals, urinary tract and upper respiratory infections among other minor ailments and conditions.

Walk-ins are welcome. Reservations or options to get in line are available at osfoncall.org.

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