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The Urgent Care Association of America Announces First Cohort of Certified Urgent Care Centers
July 01, 2009 11:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
The Urgent Care Association of America Announces First Cohort of Certified Urgent Care Centers
WARRENVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-one facilities have received the Certified Urgent Care designation awarded by the Urgent Care Association of America. The Certified Urgent Care program was established to help the public identify urgent care centers and to promote and advance the urgent care industry.
This distinction is essential to eliminate confusion with other types of medical providers. Each Certified center has met specific nationally-standardized criteria which clearly describe the level of services provided.
Each center accepts unscheduled, walk-in patients during all hours of operation, is equipped with x-ray and laboratory services and a licensed provider is always available to perform minor procedures like casting and suturing.
The following centers have been awarded the Certified Urgent Care designation:
Access Medical Associates (Branchburg, NJ)
Durango Urgent Care (Durango, CO)
Fast Track Urgent Care Center (Tampa, FL)
McLeod Urgent Care Center (Florence, SC)
McLeod Urgent Care Center- Darlington (Darlington, SC)
MD Now Medical Centers, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL)
MD Now Medical Centers, Inc. (Lake Worth, FL)
MD Now Medical Centers, Inc. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
MD Now Medical Centers, Inc. (Royal Palm Beach, FL)
Med+Stop Urgent Care – Paso Robles (Paso Robles, CA)
Med+Stop Urgent Care Center (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Midwest Medical Center (Dearborn, MI)
North Kitsap Family Practice & Urgent Care (Poulsbo, WA)
Roxboro Med Access (Roxboro, NC)
Total Access Urgent Care (St. Louis, MO)
Trinity Urgent Care (New Port Richey, FL)
Upper Valley Urgent Care Center, PA (El Paso, TX)
Urgent Care Center of Richmond Hill (Richmond Hill, GA)
Urgent Care Clinic of Lincoln, PC (Lincoln, NE)
WK Quick Care Urgent Care Center (Bossier City, LA)
WK Quick Care Urgent Care Center (Shreveport, LA)
With certification, these centers and the Urgent Care Association of America demonstrate their commitment toward providing patients with access to appropriate levels of care. Certification is customarily valid for three years and approval decisions are issued quarterly.
About the Urgent Care Association of America:
UCAOA is a national association for all professionals in urgent care with resources covering both clinical and practice management arenas. UCAOA hosts two conferences annually, publishes the Journal of Urgent Medicine and supports two urgent care fellowship training programs. Visit www.ucaoa.org for more information.
Contacts
Urgent Care Association of America
Lou Ellen Horwitz, MA
Executive Director
(877) 698-2262
lhorwitz@ucaoa.org
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