There is substantial interest in using urgent care centers to decrease lower-acuity emergency department (ED) visits. Using 2008–19 insurance claims and enrollment data from a national managed ...

A Tennessee urgent care uses a cute video to help patients decide if they need urgent care or should go directly to the emergency room.

Urgent care centers (UCCs) are a cost-efficient substitute to the emergency department (ED) for non-emergent conditions, but no study has identified their impact on ED demand. We address this gap ...

The jack-of-all-trades nature of the job, combined with the stress and occasional conflicts with distraught parents or delirious patients, makes it one of the hardest to fill in Minnesota health care.

Tidelands Health is preparing to open a joint emergency department and urgent care centers across Horry County in hopes of saving you precious time and money. Tidelands Health President and CEO Bruce ...

"I’ve seen too many lives changed — or ended —because of those exact things. Simple choices, but they make a huge difference." View Entire Post › ...

As Austin heats up this summer, area emergency departments are ready for an influx of heat-related, water-related, fun-related and travel-related visits. Unlike during winter when respiratory ...

The NHS has launched its 2025/26 Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Plan with a bold, system-wide vision to stabilise and transform frontline services ahead of winter with the ambition not only to ...

The NHS in the South East is strengthening its commitment to providing safer and faster urgent and emergency care for residents, with significant improvements already making a difference for patients.

The UK Government and NHS England published a new Urgent and Emergency Care Plan 2025-26 today. “This is a plan high in ambition, but low on detail” Nicola Ranger. The plan made a number of pledges, ...

The incident happened in the emergency room at Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital and prompted a lockdown Thursday just before 8 p.m. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. WATCH HERE ...

Responding to the announcement of the Government’s Urgent and Emergency Care Plan 1, published today (Friday), Dr Simon Walsh, BMA consultants committee deputy chair and emergency medicine consultant, ...