Developing Data: June, 2007
UCA’s Survey Committee has conducted two annual member surveys, to date, designed to establish benchmarks in an industry for which data have been sorely lacking. Each month in Developing Data, we will share one or two tidbits from the second annual survey in an effort to help readers get a sense of what their peers are doing, and what kind of trends are developing as urgent care evolves. In this issue: If you’re planning to …
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May 2007
Developing Data: May, 2007
In this issue: Who’s treating whom? Physicians are at the forefront of urgent care, both as practitioners and as business owners. They’re not the only ones treating patients, however; perhaps more than in any other practice environment, mid-level providers physician assistants and nurse practitioners, in particular are charged with administering care to patients. It’s a good thing physicians have well-trained assistance, too, as respondents to the survey report- ed that their urgent care facilities see …
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April 2007
Developing Data: April, 2007
UCAOA’S Survey Committee drew two important conclusions from its first industry-wide survey: urgent care is a growing industry nationwide, and those within the industry are hungry for benchmarking data. In each issue of JUCM, Developing Data will seek to fulfill that need. In this issue: Answers to the question, “So how long have you been in business?” As a distinct practice environment, “urgent care” is relatively young and just now becoming a part of the …
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March 2007
Developing Data: March, 2007
UCAOA’S Survey Committee drew two important conclusions from its first industry-wide survey: urgent care is a growing industry nationwide, and those within the industry are hungry for benchmarking data. In each issue of JUCM, Developing Data will seek to fulfill that need. In this issue: Typically, urgent care providers are physicians/entrepreneurs. But they come from a wide variety of practice environments—family practice, emergency medicine, etc.—so what’s the breakdown of how urgent care practices are structured, …
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February 2007
Developing Data: February, 2007
UCAOA’S Survey Committee drew two important conclusions from its first industry-wide survey: urgent care is a growing industry nationwide, and those within the industry are hungry for benchmarking data. In each issue of JUCM, Developing Data will seek to fulfill that need. In this issue: Just what constitutes an “average” business day for an urgent care clinic?
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