Urgent care delivers a timely diagnosis and treatment to patients with minor illnesses in an outpatient setting. Urgent care is typically needed same day but not emergent.
Urgent care serves as a bridge between the ER and a traditional doctor’s office, saving patients time, money, and hassle. Urgent care clinics allow primary care providers more availability for complex medical patients.
Urgent care clinics treat cough, colds, flu, asthma, stings, bites, rashes, sinusitis, skin infections, vaginitis, yeast infections, sore throat, swimmers ear, and more.
For patients, urgent care provides significant cost savings compared to the ER. Emergency Room deductibles and copayments are significantly higher than outpatient treatment. Urgent care reduces wait times and disruptions of daily activities like school and work and is mostly staffed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Nurse practitioners are nurses with a master’s degree or doctoral degree in nursing.
