Baylor Scott & White Health — the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas, and NextCare Urgent Care — one of the nation’s leading privately held providers of urgent care announce the creation of a new partnership to expand high-quality, convenient care options for patients in Texas.
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Telemedicine Visits Cut Health System Employee Care Costs by Nearly 25 Percent
Comparing Penn Medicine OnDemand services with in-person care showed that telemedicine visits are significantly less expensive to deliver
Should You Take Your Child to the Emergency Room, Urgent Care—or Call the Doctor?
As a parent, your number one goal is keeping your child safe and healthy. When is it time to head to the emergency department (ED)—and when is it best to call your child’s doctor, or go to an urgent care center?If it’s not an emergency, calling your pediatrician or going to urgent care are the best ways to address a variety of medical concerns.
Cedars-Sinai Urgent Care Moves to Updated Clinic
To offer a better patient experience, Cedars-Sinai is moving its Beverly Hills Urgent Care clinic to a modern, updated facility on Sept. 18. The new space—only six blocks from the current clinic—is in the same building as other Cedars-Sinai services, including Primary Care.
New benefit increases Veterans’ access to urgent care in the community
Two years ago, the Veterans Affairs healthcare system (VA) began rolling out a new benefit, enabling Veterans to receive urgent care from a network of community providers – rather than visiting a VA emergency department or clinic. Progress toward expanding community care services for Veterans is the focus of a special supplement to the May issue of Medical Care. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
The Medical Minute: When to head for urgent care instead of the hospital emergency room
Urgent care or emergency room? A certified nurse practitioner discusses how to choose what’s right for your crisis in this week’s Medical Minute.
Virtual “urgent care” may lead to higher rates of downstream follow-up care, study suggests
Even before the pandemic made telehealth a hot topic, people with minor urgent health needs had started to turn to companies that offer on-demand video chats. Some insurers and employers support this, hoping it might reduce in-person care, including emergency department visits. But a new study casts some doubt on whether that will actually happen.
MEDIA ADVISORY- Back to School, Cold & Flu Season and COVID-19 – What do you do if you get sick?
Mount Sinai experts say get your flu shot early and have a plan for point-of-care
High Reliance on Urgent Care Centers May Disrupt Primary Care in Children
A study of over 4 million children and adolescents in the U.S. enrolled in Medicaid found that those who rely on urgent care centers for more than a third of their outpatient health care needs had fewer visits to primary care providers. This may result in missed opportunities for preventative services, such as vaccinations, and identification and management of chronic conditions, such as obesity or asthma. Findings were published in JAMA Network Open.
When Is It Okay to Go to Urgent Care?
Barbara A. Masser, MD, Medical Director at BIDMC urgent care centers in Chelsea and Chestnut Hill, offers advice to help you make the right decision when your care can’t wait.
HSS Urgent Ortho Care Opens in NYC, Long Island, NJ and CT
Hospital for Special Surgery has opened HSS Urgent Ortho Care at two locations in Manhattan, and at sites on Long Island, in Stamford, Connecticut, and in Paramus, New Jersey. HSS seeks to take some of the load off overwhelmed hospitals by treating orthopedic injuries that would otherwise require a trip to an emergency room.