There was a time when the sole option for medical care during off hours was the hospital emergency room. Due to that fact, emergency rooms became packed and overcrowded simply with people waiting to be seen. The number of people waiting would exceed waiting room capacity limits and the time between checking in and being called into the triage area would climb into the hours. The medical community needed assistance.

Urgent care facilities began opening throughout the country. Peppered across the cities and towns of the United States, these facilities are focused on, not only providing care for non-emergency cases, but also in taking some of the burden off of hospital emergency rooms, especially for cases where the complaint is no more serious than a sore throat.… Read More...