Residents and visitors of Lake Erie’s busiest island will no longer have to leave for a routine doctor’s office visit. 

 

Mercy Health will soon provide telehealth services to the Put-in-Bay community, offering convenient and cost-effective care while reducing the need to leave the island. The Mercy Health Telehealth Clinic will fill a gap in health care options by providing services to those suffering from minor illness.

 

Currently, those suffering from minor illnesses must leave the island for diagnosis and to be prescribed medications. The goal of Mercy Health Telehealth Clinic is to allow patients to remain on the island while receiving this type of primary care.

 

Patients in need of care will be triaged by the EMS team on Put-in-Bay to determine if the patient is appropriate for telehealth services. If so, the patient will be connected via a secure telehealth channel to a Mercy Health provider. If the complaint is determined to be emergent, the on-site paramedic and/or EMT will treat the patient within their scope of training. 

 

Mercy Health has also worked with mainland pharmacies who will transport by ferry those prescriptions called in by the telehealth providers for patients on the island. Additionally, on-site testing during clinic hours will be available for COVID, Flu, RSV and urinalysis.

 

Starting Tuesday, May 21, the Mercy Health Telehealth Clinic will be available Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will be located at the Put-In-Bay EMS Station, 528 Catawba Avenue, Put-in-Bay.