{"id":61062,"date":"2025-09-23T07:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=61062"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:41:09","slug":"check-your-symptoms-online-with-symptom-checker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/check-your-symptoms-online-with-symptom-checker\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Your Symptoms Online With Symptom Checker"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Check Your Symptoms Online With Symptom Checker<\/h1>\t\t<time>September 23, 2025<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_54755223a06fae567baca79ccdd9f895\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Not feeling well and unsure what kind of care you might need? Samaritan Health Services now offers a quick and easy way to get care recommendations with Symptom Checker, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the Samaritan website and MyChart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By answering a few simple questions, Symptom Checker helps guide you to the right level of care \u2014 whether that\u2019s self-care at home, a virtual visit or in-person care. The tool uses clinical algorithms to assess more than 300 common symptoms. Samaritan providers have reviewed all care pathways for accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to help patients get the care they need faster,\u201d said Julie Osgood, DrPH, chief operating officer for Samaritan Medical Group. \u201cThis tool helps people evaluate minor illnesses or injuries and decide what to do next.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try Symptom Checker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>On the Samaritan website<\/strong>: Click the Symptom Checker quick link on the home page or find it under the\u00a0Health Services\u00a0menu. You can also access it directly at <a href=\"https:\/\/mychart.samhealth.org\/MyChart\/SymptomChecker\/LandingPage\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"samhealth.org\/mychart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>samhealth.org\/Symptoms<\/strong>.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In MyChart<\/strong>: Access it from the main menu on desktop or mobile. You will also see the option when messaging your provider.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What to expect<\/strong>: After accepting the terms and conditions and answering a few questions about your symptoms, you will receive care recommendations. If needed, you can schedule an appointment through MyChart, either as a guest or when logged in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terms &amp; Conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each time you select a symptom in <a href=\"https:\/\/mychart.samhealth.org\/MyChart\/SymptomChecker\/LandingPage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Symptom Checker<\/a>, you will be notified that the tool is for informational use only and does not consider your full medical history, personal risk factors or clinical context. Always consult a health care provider for serious or persistent symptoms. If an emergency, call 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your Digital Front Door<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSamaritan\u2019s digital front door is only getting better,\u201d said Jan Hull, Samaritan IS director of clinical design. \u201cSymptom Checker is another way we are making health care access more convenient for patients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-Symptom-Checker-DI-164509_CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mom using Symptom Checker on mobile phone to check on son&#039;s symptoms.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-Symptom-Checker-DI-164509_CO.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-Symptom-Checker-DI-164509_CO-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/002-Symptom-Checker-DI-164509_CO-120x100.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not feeling well and unsure what kind of care you might need? Samaritan Health Services now offers a quick and easy way to get care recommendations with its new Symptom Checker, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the Samaritan website and MyChart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":61058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[277,282,290,294],"news-types":[272],"services":[],"specialty":[],"class_list":["post-61062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-childrens-health","news-topics-mens-health","news-topics-senior-health","news-topics-womens-health","news-types-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61062"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=61062"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=61062"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=61062"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=61062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}