In accordance with Governor Pritzker’s recent lifting of the elective surgery order, Dr. Louis and his team at Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates, resumed elective surgeries beginning May 11, 2020.

As established by IDPH, surgeries scheduled must adhere to a strict set of guidelines to continue ensuring safety for both patients and medical staff. If your surgery was placed on hold during this time, a member of Dr. Steven Louis’ clinic team will contact you regarding rescheduling options. Due to the high volume of rescheduled procedures, we appreciate your understanding as we work with hospitals and surgery centers to adapt to comply with the recommended guidance.

As this situation is evolving we will update content as needed.

Face Masks and Coverings: As of 4/24/2020, Gov. Pritzker has provided the following guidelines on masking: All Illinoisans should wear a mask or face covering when they must leave their home or report to work for essential operations and they either cannot or it is impractical to maintain 6 feet of physical distance between themselves and others. IDPH guidelines can be found here.

In order to adhere to these requirements, all patients attending in-person appointments, will be required to wear a face covering upon entrance to Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates and IBJI facilities.Our offices are OPEN to provide essential and critical care to our orthopaedic patients. To limit the spread and exposure to COVID-19, and based on guidance from the CDC and government agencies, we have put in place a limited schedule in our offices, to see patients with urgent problems.

To help ALL of our patients, we are set-up and available to offer our patients Telemedicine Visits.

Telemedicine allows our Physicians and medical providers to deliver convenient care through audio and video technology in real time to you.

A Telemedicine Visit is simple to arrange. Once scheduled, you will receive a text message and email that provides you a link to login securely and access your appointment via your smart Phone, smart device, laptop or desktop computer.

If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to schedule appointments for either an office visit or a Telemedicine Visit, please call us at (630) 323-6116.

Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates Patients,

The health and well being of our patients, staff, and community is our first priority. Amidst growing concern around Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are taking all the CDC and IDPH recommendations and precautions to prevent viral transmission to ensure your safety in our facilities.

What Is Dr. Louis and His Team At Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates Doing To Protect Patients & Their Families

Prevention Screening

• Our staff will be contacting all patients prior to their scheduled office visits in order to reiterate and confirm a health status check as recommended by the CDC.
• Patients presenting with COVID-19 symptoms – fever, cough and/or shortness of breath – will be rescheduled per CDC guidelines and their referring MD will be notified.
• Those Patients who fall into a “high risk” category, including patients who have travelled to known COVID-19 “hotspots”, even if they are asymptomatic, will be asked to reschedule their appointment 14 days from the date of their current appointment.
• Out of an abundance of caution, Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates will be recommending that patients over the age of 65, as well as patients with known immunocompromised conditions such as Cancer and Diabetes, consider rescheduling their appointments as well.

Cleaning

• We always follow the highest level of OSHA sanitization guidelines. We have enhanced these preventative measures in order to protect our staff, patients and the community at large against any additional risk factors associated with the spread of COVID-19.

Health Status Monitoring

• We have initiated an “Active Monitoring Schedule” for all staff Members to ensure thatour responsibility towards your scheduled visit starts long before you walk through ourdoors. Through active and consistent self monitoring, we will contribute to maintaining the highest possible levels of risk mitigation while providing essential musculoskeleta lhealth services for you during this national emergency.

Scheduled Surgeries

• In accordance with changes in hospital policy, your surgeon may be contacting you to reschedule or postpone current elective procedures

Additional CDC Resources

Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates is providing the following information for you from the CDC and other reliable sources regarding COVID-19. These links are available so you can be informed and have the most current and relevant information.

• How It Spreads
• Symptoms
• Prevention and Treatment
• Protecting Your Home
• What To Do If You Are Sick

We appreciate everyone’s support and understanding as we help care for you and at the same time keep our community healthy.

Sincerely,

Dr. Steven Louis

And His Entire Team At Hinsdale Orthopaedics