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Trends in Urgent Care Medicine
If you think you’ve seen more urgent care clinics in your area than ever, it’s not your imagination. In recent years, urgent care medicine has seen a dramatic surge in popularity. According to Consumer Reports, the number of urgent care centers increased from 6,400 in 2014 to 8,100 in 2018, and that number is only expected to rise. Affordability and ...
The Future of Urgent Care Medicine
According to a report in the January 2019 issue of The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine, the number of primary care physicians in the United States is expected to decline significantly in the coming decade. For urgent care centers, this will yield a special challenge. Already many of them are staffed by physicians who are certified in primary care fields ...
Urgent Care Visits Increase
People are visiting urgent care centers for minor illnesses and injuries more than ever. That’s according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine in September 2018. Researchers say that between 2008 and 2015, visits to urgent care clinics increased by 119 percent. During that same period, emergency room visits for noncritical conditions, like those treated at urgent care centers, fell ...
Why Urgent Care Certification?
Today, urgent care clinics can be found all across the United States, but in terms of the history of American medicine, they are a relatively new to the scene. Not too long ago, patients seeking urgent care for non-life threatening medical situations would have very few options beyond the long wait time for a doctor appointment or the discomfort of ...
Urgent Care Centers Can Distinguish Themselves
Since their advent in the 1980s, urgent care centers have become fixtures in communities across the United States. A recent estimate puts the number of urgent facilities in the country at more than 9,000, with more facilities opening every month. The reasons for their growth and popularity are understandable when examined against the backdrop of the current medical landscape. By ...
The Benefits of Transitioning from Emergency Medicine to an Urgent Care Environment
The growth in the number of the urgent care centers in the United States is amply documented. Frustrated with crowded emergency departments and the difficulty of getting appointments with primary care physicians on short notice, more and more people are turning to urgent care clinics for treatment for non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses. Urgent care medicine is a fast-expanding specialty that ...
The Benefits of Urgent Care Board Certification
For too long, people seeking non-emergency medical care had essentially just two options: spend many hours in an emergency department waiting to be seen by a doctor, or wait weeks to get an appointment with a primary care physician. Today, there is an alternative, and that is to visit an urgent care clinic and have your non-emergency injury or illness ...
Important Facts About Urgent Care
One of the most significant challenges currently facing the American healthcare system is a shortage of primary care physicians. In fact, in a 2016 survey conducted by National Public Radio (NPR), one in five respondents indicated that they had been unable to see their primary care physician in the last two years because of lack of available appointment times. A ...
It is Important for Urgent Care Physicians to be Board Certified in Their Specialty
In recent years, Urgent Care medicine has grown increasingly popular among patients. People respond to the convenient access to high quality healthcare offered by these ubiquitous walk-in clinics, and it’s not surprising that this industry has expanded significantly across North America. However, as the demand for Urgent Care has increased, so too has competition among practices. Today, it is more ...
Seasoned Physicians are Responding to Rapid Growth in Urgent Care Medicine
The primary model for how Americans receive basic healthcare treatment for non-life-threatening injuries and acute illnesses has evolved in the 21st century. Increasingly, patients of all ages are turning to the urgent care model of healthcare – local, walk-in clinics that appeal because of their low cost, minimal wait times, and extended business hours. From a provider’s standpoint, Urgent Care ...