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NewsUPMC's urgent care development binge irritates rival
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is on an urgent care center development binge. In December, it plans to open its newest urgent care center, competing with two other places offering nearly Read more...
100 million ED visits could be handled elsewhere
An estimated 17 to 27 percent of all emergency department visits for non-emergency care--or, about 104 million visits--could have occurred elsewhere, according to an article recently published in Read more...
Despite new efficiencies, New York ER crowding cause for concern
Predictably, the downtown-New York emergency rooms left to care for are patients since the April 30 closing of St. Vincent's Hospital are becoming increasingly crowded, causing concern among Read more...
Mexican firm opens U.S. retail clinics
A Mexican healthcare company has opened three Miami-area retail pharmacies with a largely Latino clientèle, putting a new, ethnically-focused twist on the U.S. retail clinic market. The Read more...
| Press ReleasesUrgent Care Awareness Week November 14-20WARRENVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Urgent care centers around the country will be celebrating the fourth annual Urgent Care Awareness Week November 14-20th. The goal of Urgent Care Awareness Week Read more >> The Urgent Care Association of America Announces New Certified Urgent Care CentersWARRENVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Twenty-six more facilities have just received the Certified Urgent Care Center designation awarded by the Urgent Care Association of America. The Certified Urgent Read more >> Free Mobile App Helps Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware Members Locate Doctors and Hospitals On The GoWILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Delaware residents can now locate a doctor, hospital or urgent care center with the new Blue National Doctor & Hospital Finder® app for Read more >> Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Mobile App Helps Consumers Find Doctors and Hospitals While on the GoOnline tools enable members to make better informed healthcare decisions WASHINGTON, July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers nationwide can now locate a Blue doctor, hospital or urgent Read more >> The Urgent Care Association of America Announces New Certified Urgent Care CentersWARRENVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Twenty-four more facilities have just received the Certified Urgent Care Center designation awarded by the Urgent Care Association of America. The Certified Read more >> |
