Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

When Kids Go to Camp, They Still Need Access to Healthcare Providers. Why Not You?

Schools have nurses to ensure there’s a competent healthcare professional nearby for emergencies, but also as a resource for kids with diabetes, allergies, and the scrapes and bruises that invariably pop up from time to time. That may not necessarily be the case for summer camps, though. Recognizing this, Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care has teamed up with summer camps in New York and Connecticut this year. According to an article published by Long Island Business …

Monkeypox Is Becoming a Greater Concern in New York City—and Urgent Care Is Responding

While the numbers are still relatively low, the rapid pace at which cases of monkeypox are growing is starting to set off alarm bells in the minds of New York City health officials. Cases increased 60% over a 4-day period, with 48 people now having been diagnosed according to the city’s health department. Recognizing both the need and the opportunity to help, MedRite Urgent Care officially partnered with the New York City Department of Health …

Follow-Up: Details of Acute Pediatric Liver Ailment Emerge as Cases Continue to Mount

Though new cases of the mysterious liver ailment that’s been preying on children for several months continue to emerge, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health agencies around the world are now presenting a clearer picture of what we’re dealing with. Whereas previous reports referred generally to a “liver ailment” that appeared hepatitis-like, the CDC and others are now specifying that it is, in fact, unexplained acute hepatitis. Unfortunately, there’s still no …

Ongoing Acquisition Season Heats Up Southern California

JUCM News readers know that spring—and now summer, officially—has been a hot season for mergers and acquisitions in the urgent care marketplace. Every week brings news of one deal after another. This week comes news that UrgentMED is buying Urgent Care 3D and its locations in Carlsbad, Rolling Hills Estates, Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange, and Long Beach, California. Once the deal is done, UrgentMED will have 43 locations across Southern California, including its first in …

Want Loyal Support from the Community? Try Offering Loyal Support to That Community

Residents in your area probably have multiple choices when they need to visit an urgent care center. And even if your advertising and marketing efforts get your facility on their radar, is that enough to distinguish you from the competitor two blocks over? Probably not. But what could differentiate your business from others is demonstrating that yours is a business that supports the community. One urgent care operator in Texas is doing just that by …

Update: UCA Recasts Its Officers and Relays a Tribute for Its Late President

As JUCM News readers know, the Urgent Care Association’s triumphant 2022 Annual Convention in Las Vegas was followed quickly by tragedy, as news spread of the sudden death of UCA President Dr. Armando Samaniego on May 21. The Association had to scramble in order to ensure proper continuity among its elected leadership. Max Lebow, MD ascended from president-elect to president, while Payman Arabzadeh, MD became the new president-elect and Gerry Cvitanovich, MD replaced Dr. Arabzadeh …

Special Needs Patients Need Special Considerations—and Some Centers Are Prepared to Provide Them

Patients with special needs may offer particular challenges for urgent care providers and front desk staff. Communication, for example, can be difficult when working with individuals on the autism spectrum. Recognizing this, Heavens Urgent Care in Apache Junction, AZ has ensured that every staff member be trained to “better identify, communicate, and treat patients who may be autistic and need adjustments to their clinical experience or treatment,” according to an article published by the Apache …

A Potentially Deadly Duo of Respiratory Viruses Is Descending on Florida. Who Could Be Next?

After a couple of light seasons (presumably due to hygiene precautions designed to reduce spread of COVID-19), a full-force return of seasonal influenza was expected. What may not have been expected, however, is that said return of flu would occur well past what we consider the “season” to be. That’s exactly what’s happening in Florida right now, though—and the surge is coinciding with recent outbreaks of respiratory syncytial virus, as well. All told, there have …

Can Urgent Care Do More to Ensure Team Members Are Safe at Work?

Healthcare facilities have seen violence against workers and patients in the U.S. recently, begging the question as to whether there is any level of protection that is both reasonable and sufficient to ensure the safety of all on site. First four people in Tulsa, OK—two physicians, a receptionist, and a patient—were shot to death by a disgruntled patient and then days later a man walked into an Encino, CA emergency room and stabbed a physician …

Overwhelmed with Patients, a Health System Calls Out for Help from Urgent Care

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, WA has been so inundated with patients lately that its administrators have taken to local media to urge patients to carefully assess their complaints and consider whether they really need to visit the emergency room—with a recommendation that if the answer is No, they instead head for the most convenient urgent care center or a primary care practice. A PeaceHealth emergency physician suggested that his facility and other EDs …