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Health > Primary Care Health Service

Fall 2020 FAQs

FAQs

The PCHS will be open for scheduled urgent care from 10:00am-4:00pm for the Fall semester.

If you have an urgent medical issue, please call the PCHS at 1-212-854-2091 and you will be triaged by a medical provider. The provider will determine if you can be treated over the phone or if you must come into the clinic.

If you show up to PCHS without an appointment, you will be instructed to call PCHS and be triaged.  No patients will be seen without being triaged first. 

The PCHS will be open for limited urgent care from 10:00am-4:00pm for the Fall semester

No, you will not be able to schedule any appointments via Open Communicator for this semester. 

No, there will not be any walk-in hours for the this semester.

Patients will be triaged via phone. If you need to be seen, you will be assigned a same day appointment slot.

Yes, please call PCHS at 212-854-2091 to be screened and scheduled.

If you are not near campus, we can assist in finding referrals.

Please call the PCHS at 1-212-854-2091 and a provider will speak with you.

Please call the PCHS at 1-212-854-2091 and a provider will speak with you.

You can also purchase emergency contraception over the counter at your local pharmacy or if you are on campus, you can purchase emergency contraception from the vending machine located outside of the PCHS for $8. 

Yes, the Clinician-on-Call is available when the PCHS is closed at 1-855-622-1903.

If you have a medical emergency and are not on campus, call 911. 

If you are in need of urgent medical advice that cannot wait until the PCHS is open, please call our Clinician-on-Call Service at 1-855-622-1903.

The Clinician-on-Call line should be used for all URGENT medical issues that cannot wait until the PCHS is open.  

Call PCHS at 212-854-2091 during their business hours to be triaged or look at this information page.

For insurance questions, please take a look at our FAQs. If you have further questions, contact Elliot Wasserman at ewasserman@barnard.edu.

Yes, the vending machine outside of the PCHS will be available for this semester. 

Please take a look at each department’s website for more information. 

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