Over the last few years the American healthcare field has experienced several shifts in response to new legislation such as the Affordable Care Act. The most notable change is in urgent care or walk in clinics, which have swept the nation; there are an estimated 6,800 urgent care or walk in clinics in the U.S. with most of which located in free-standing buildings.

Short Wait Times

They call it urgent care for a reason: a survey found that 57% of urgent care patients waited no more than 15 minutes to be seen with 80% of all visits taking 60 minutes or less for full-treatment.… Read More...