Travel medicine: Protecting your health, both abroad and back home

About travel medicine appointments

• Schedule your visit at the clinic 6-8 weeks prior to the start of your trip to allow your immune system to increase antibodies against the diseases against which you have been immunized and provide sufficient time for any additional issues that might arise.

• We will do a comprehensive assessment of health risks for your specific international travel.

• You will receive counseling to minimize disease risks.

• We will recommend and prescribe immunizations and medications for protection against communicable diseases.

Bring to your appointment

1. A detailed itinerary, including dates of travel and countries you will be entering and airport layovers.

2. Any regions you will be visiting and specific activities you may be doing (such as trekking).

3. A record of your previous immunizations. If you have a Certificate of International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (Yellow card), you should bring this to your appointment.

4. A current list of any medications.

You can create your own price estimate for common procedures and services. This feature is available for both MyChart and non-MyChart users.

MyChart users can create their own estimate for many common services. This will be linked to your patient record. To create an estimate:

• Log into your MyChart account

• Click on Billing

• Select Estimates

Create a guest estimate

If you do not have a MyChart account, you can request an estimate for common procedures and services on as a guest. This estimate will not be linked to your patient record.

Make a guest estimate

UW Health proactively provides some estimates prior to services. You may receive this estimate via MyChart or in the US mail.