“We are honored to help fast-track vaccinations for the City of Chicago and its residents, and we commend Mayor Lightfoot and her team on their fast decision-making and speedy implementation,” said Oliver Kharraz, M.D., Zocdoc founder & CEO. It also has a variety of accessibility tools that users can enable if they need additional support or modifications. Importantly, this service will offer embedded translation support for more than 100 languages, including Spanish. Eligible patients will then be able to select a date, time, and location, and instantly book an appointment online. If eligible under Illinois guidelines, Zocdoc will show nearby vaccination locations and their real-time appointment availability. Chicagoans can visit /vaccine, where they’ll confirm their location and eligibility. “We will still need people to be patient as the vaccine rollout continues, but we’re excited about this partnership as it provides Chicagoans another option to connect with providers as they receive more vaccine.”Ĭhicago is the first city to implement Zocdoc Vaccine Scheduler, a new service that any care organization or government entity can use - free of charge - to streamline vaccine scheduling. “Zocdoc provides a great service that will help people access vaccines as the supply increases over the coming weeks and months, and Chicago residents can also sign up to be notified when new appointments become available,” said Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D. “While vaccine availability is still very limited nationwide, this exciting new partnership with Zocdoc is another step toward empowering individuals and families as we fight this disease and lean into the historic recovery that is sure to follow.”
“Our goal in Chicago is to vaccinate as many residents as possible as fast as we can,” said Mayor Lori E.
Zocdoc will aggregate real-time appointment availability from select Chicago POD (Point of Dispensing) sites, as well as from leading local care organizations such as AMITA Health, Erie Family Health, Innovative Express Care and Rush University Medical Center, creating a central marketplace to help Chicagoans access vaccinations. CHICAGO, Febru– The City of Chicago and Zocdoc, the leader in online healthcare scheduling, today announced a partnership where Zocdoc will serve as the City’s main platform for eligible Chicago residents to find and book COVID-19 vaccinations.
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