Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Baptist Memorial JV Opens 10 Centers

Baptist Memorial Health Care recently announced the opening of 10 new urgent care (UC) centers in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas under the Baptist Urgent Care flag. The UC organization is a joint venture partnership between Baptist Memorial Health Care and the Urgent Team Family of Urgent Care & Walk-In Centers. According to a press release, the centers are accredited by the Urgent Care Association. Urgent Team operates 85 total centers offering urgent care, primary care, occupational, specialty …

Mercy Health Building New UC Centers

Mercy Health, a hospital system based in Cincinnati, Ohio, recently opened four new urgent care centers, and more expansion is planned for 2024, according to Becker’s Hospital Review. Mercy operates five hospitals and employs 35,000 workers across Ohio and Kentucky. Seems about right: Although the pace of new site growth in urgent care slowed a bit in the past year, expansion trends show consistent upward trajectories across the country. See the 2023 list of top …