Who wants to expose their loved ones to the overwhelming, chaotic emergency room? Watching significant people in your life critically hurt, or even indisposed can be a very stressful situation to deal with, especially if you are waiting for hours in an emergency room to even see a physician, or even get an update. This is why Urgent Care Centers are beginning to partner up with local hospitals in order to fulfill the important needs of patients with non-life-threatening injuries, rather than seeing them as mostly competitors.
In order to understand how Urgent Care Centers and Hospitals operate, it is important to know the current conditions, patient care, and the importance of these two facilities. These two health care centers are slowly …show more content…
Hospitals have always been on the rise, but lately Urgent Care Centers have become the new strategy people want for their care. “Urgent care is a booming subset of the healthcare industry. There has been a 20 percent growth of existing clinics in the past four years, and use of the clinics has also grown in popularity. As this boom continues, health systems are increasingly looking to move into the urgent care space.” (Punke 1.) As more Hospitals and Urgent Care Centers partner with one another, it has been increasing rapidly throughout the country as many Hospitals are starting to realize the actual importance in these Urgent Care Centers, and are beginning to adopt their own retail-oriented strategy. An example of these new partnerships would be CareWell Urgent Care and Lahey Health in Quincy, Massachusetts. “Our relationship with CareWell is a perfect complement to our existing services. This partnership is another way for us to ensure all of our patients receive high-quality care efficiently in the most appropriate and convenient setting and as close to where they live as possible” (Nesto 5.) These two affiliations launched a beneficial and united relationship that increased health care to patients based on their needs. Although, these partnerships are new, …show more content…
Aside from decreased medical expenses, intermediate waiting times, and saving billions of dollars every year, these partnerships are gradually clearing their way to becoming the future for the medical field. Urgent Care Centers and Hospitals deserve to focus on the new foundations rising as it helps fulfill each individual 's needs if involved in an emergency. However, individuals don’t realize nor understand the significance of Urgent Care Centers joining forces with Hospitals, and the good that can follow these
In order to understand how Urgent Care Centers and Hospitals operate, it is important to know the current conditions, patient care, and the importance of these two facilities. These two health care centers are slowly …show more content…
Hospitals have always been on the rise, but lately Urgent Care Centers have become the new strategy people want for their care. “Urgent care is a booming subset of the healthcare industry. There has been a 20 percent growth of existing clinics in the past four years, and use of the clinics has also grown in popularity. As this boom continues, health systems are increasingly looking to move into the urgent care space.” (Punke 1.) As more Hospitals and Urgent Care Centers partner with one another, it has been increasing rapidly throughout the country as many Hospitals are starting to realize the actual importance in these Urgent Care Centers, and are beginning to adopt their own retail-oriented strategy. An example of these new partnerships would be CareWell Urgent Care and Lahey Health in Quincy, Massachusetts. “Our relationship with CareWell is a perfect complement to our existing services. This partnership is another way for us to ensure all of our patients receive high-quality care efficiently in the most appropriate and convenient setting and as close to where they live as possible” (Nesto 5.) These two affiliations launched a beneficial and united relationship that increased health care to patients based on their needs. Although, these partnerships are new, …show more content…
Aside from decreased medical expenses, intermediate waiting times, and saving billions of dollars every year, these partnerships are gradually clearing their way to becoming the future for the medical field. Urgent Care Centers and Hospitals deserve to focus on the new foundations rising as it helps fulfill each individual 's needs if involved in an emergency. However, individuals don’t realize nor understand the significance of Urgent Care Centers joining forces with Hospitals, and the good that can follow these