Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Urgent Care Advanced Practitioner Appointed to Multidiscipline Provider Board

An urgent care nurse practitioner at NextCare in Albuquerque, NM has just been named to the Board of Nurses of the American Health Council. Gilberto Alvarado, MSN, CNP, FNP-BC, BSN, RN has been in healthcare for 45 years, starting as a hospital corpsman in the United States Navy and advancing through a number of clinical positions—with the requisite additional training—culminating in his current position at NextCare. AHC describes its mission through the mnemonic ABCDE: advocacy, …

Ensign Group Sells Urgent Care Sites to MultiCare Health

Ensign Group has sold its Seattle area urgent care centers to MultiCare Health System, a nonprofit healthcare group, for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes 14 existing clinics, along with two more under development. Ensign says it made the move to devote more of its resources to what it considers its own core strengths in subacute care, as well as skilled nursing, physical therapy, hospice, and other services. MultiCare already has 17 urgent care locations …