Prevea Urgent Care coming to Chippewa Falls

Chippewa Falls

– Prevea Health is pleased to announce Prevea Urgent Care, located at the Prevea Chippewa Falls Health Center, 2509 County Highway I in Chippewa Falls, will open to patients Monday, Jan. 9, 2017.

Prevea Urgent Care

offers walk-in care for minor illnesses and injuries including cold or flu symptoms, earaches, sprains, minor fractures, cuts, infections, asthma and more. Prevea Urgent Care will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and holidays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointments or referrals are necessary. Visitors will also be able to view wait-times at Prevea Urgent Care

, at www.prevea.com/urgent.

With the opening of Prevea Urgent Care on Jan. 9, urgent care services at HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital will transition to Prevea Urgent Care beginning that day. Patients who previously visited HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital for urgent care will not have to travel far, as Prevea Urgent Care is conveniently located just across the parking lot from the hospital.

“A medical need can come up at any time, including evenings and weekends,” said Dr. Ashok Rai, President and CEO at Prevea Health. “That is why we are here. We want to meet people’s needs at a time that is convenient for them.”

As Prevea Health offers urgent care services in Chippewa Falls, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital will continue to provide exceptional emergency care. HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital is home to a Level III Trauma Center, with board-certified emergency physicians to provide care 24/7.

“Providing two levels of care on one campus is the result of the partnership between Prevea Health and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital to provide people in western Wisconsin with care that is of the highest quality, convenient and the right choice,” said Joan Coffman, President and CEO at HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Prevea Urgent Care in Chippewa Falls is Prevea Health’s first urgent care center in the Chippewa Valley, and 12th urgent care center overall, with 11 other locations throughout Northeast Wisconsin. To learn more about all of medical services provided by Prevea Health in the Chippewa Valley, click here.

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About Prevea Health
Prevea Health’s mission is to care for people with passion, pride, and respect. Founded in 1996, Prevea Health partners with HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay, HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan, HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls, to provide access to more than 200 physicians in more than 60 specialty areas. Prevea has more than 40 locations throughout Northeast Wisconsin and Western Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley region. For more information, visit www.prevea.com

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About HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital
HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital is sponsored by Hospital Sisters Ministries, the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis is the Founding Institute and it is an affiliate of Hospital Sisters Health System. Since 1885, it has served the people of the Chippewa Falls area with health care that is high tech and high touch. Known locally for the quality of the care it provides patients, the hospital has been recognized nationally for its outstanding patient satisfaction levels.

About Hospital Sisters Health System

Hospital Sisters Health System’s (HSHS) mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high quality, Franciscan health care ministry. HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our 14 Local Systems and physician practices in Illinois (Belleville, Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Greenville, Highland, Litchfield, and Springfield) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan, and two in Green Bay). HSHS is sponsored by Hospital Sisters Ministries and the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis is the Founding Institute.