The Role of Urgent Care Services...

Apr, 2015 by

No one plans on having an emergency or an accident. However, when such an unfortunate occurrence takes place, one needs to know where to go to get help quickly. Recent decades have seen a boom in free-standing urgent care clinics. Gone are the days of having to spend hours in a hospital emergency room for an injury or condition that could be handled on an outpatient basis. This includes cases such as flu, a cut requiring stitches and possibly a tetanus shot, or a minor work-related injury. Urgent care facilities have also become a substitute for some primary care needs as well, covering such services as employer-mandated drug screening, flu shots, allergy shots, work and school physicals, and even preventive health care. North American Emergency Medical Center provides these kinds of Urgent Care Services....

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