Medical emergencies do not wait for a convenient time. A sore throat or a cut that requires stitches may happen on the weekend or late at night when your doctor’s office is not open. This used to mean a trip to the hospital emergency room where you would wait hours to be seen and walk […]

Urgent care facilities are centers that have grown in popularity as a result of the growing population of individuals who need health care, but cannot afford to pay. While emergency rooms attend to serious conditions and injuries, urgent care centers seek to treat minor issues such as, x-rays, sprains, and vaccines. These centers are necessary […]

Many unforeseen accidents and emergencies often occur during nights, weekends, and holidays, when it is often not possible to find doctors after hours. While many individuals turn to emergency rooms in order to receive after hours care, there are many reasons for individuals with minor injuries or medical issues to visit urgent care facilities in […]

The topic of health reform has had an almost constant presence in the American dialogue in recent years with the passage of the massive health reform package known as the Affordable Care Act. A primary motivating factor of this effort was the well documented system inefficiencies that had driven up healthcare costs while failing to […]