MyNCH, the official Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH) app, provides instant access to its network of medical group physicians, hospital services, emergency care, immediate care and specialty centers throughout Chicago’s northwest suburbs – all at the tap of a finger.

Current and prospective patients use this app as a handy resource to view NCH’s emergency room and immediate care center wait times, locate the nearest NCH care facility, and manage day-to-day healthcare needs.

Included among the many services offered by the MyNCH app are:

· Emergency Room and Immediate Care Center finder that provides patients with real-time estimated wait times at all NCH ER and ICC facilities.

· Estimated driving distances to NCH Emergency Room and Immediate Care Centers from the user's current location.

· Estimated driving times to NCH Emergency Room and Immediate Care Centers from the user's current location.

· Comprehensive appointment request service based on any combination of user’s preferred physician, facility location and/or medical service.

· My Schedule window that provides patients with a view of their upcoming appointments along with facility location details including address, driving directions from where the patient is and the ability to message or call the facility if needed.

· Patients can view their lab and other clinical test results along with their doctor's comments directly within the application.

· Interactive facility and services locator that provides a complete and searchable list of locations and medical services provided by Northwest Community Healthcare.

· Email us – Functionality that allows users to directly email questions about scheduling and billing for NCH hospital or medical group services.

· Email us – Functionality that allows users to email questions, and have them routed to their NCH medical group physician.

· Call Us – main hospital number, plus specific numbers for major departments – all touch-to-call!

· Keep up with the latest information shared by NCH on their official Twitter feed.

MyNCH is convenient access to NCH services – right on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. There is no charge to download the MyNCH app, but specified rates from your wireless provider may apply.