MUSC Health expands COVID-19 telephone screening options
April 16, 2020
Service available in English and Spanish
A new MUSC Health telephone hotline has been established and offers screenings in both English and Spanish.
The new hotline should be used only by those who fall into one or more of the following three categories:
- The person has already visited MUSC Virtual Care (musc.care) and experienced a technical difficulty.
- The person does not have internet access or has a disability that hinders navigation of online virtual care.
- The person has already been screened and tested for COVID-19 but is looking for follow-up information.
- Accessing the COVID-19 telephone screening hotline:
Those who meet one or more of the above criteria can reach the hotline by calling 843-985-8888.
The hotline is staffed seven days a week from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
About MUSC
Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the oldest medical school in the South as well as the state’s only integrated, academic health sciences center with a unique charge to serve the state through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 800 residents in six colleges: Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. The state’s leader in obtaining biomedical research funds, in fiscal year 2019, MUSC set a new high, bringing in more than $284 million. For information on academic programs, visit http://musc.edu.
