Immediate Care Business News

Doctors Express Franchise Spreads to Metro Atlanta

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:11 PDT

ATLANTA—Doctors Express, an urgent care franchise, plans to open its first Atlanta-area facility by early December. This will be located on the ground floor of a new complex. The urgent care is owned by two Atlanta residents and business partners, Chris and Theone Rutledge. They are married. According to co-owner ...(349 words)

Va. Welcomes New Urgent Care, Business Slow So Far

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:35:23 PDT

Purcellville, Va.—Inova Urgent Care Center in Purcellville, Va., opened in November and is seeing eight to 10 patients a day so far. The facility is 1,500 square feet and is in a 45,000-square-foot medical office. Inova has leased 15,000 square feet of the office and will expand into that space ...(79 words)

Groups Ask Obama to Rethink N95 Issue

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:02:50 PDT

To read a special commentary from Mark E. Rupp, MD, president of SHEA, CLICK HERE.The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announced today that the organization, along with SHEA and the IDSA, have issued a letter to President Obama expressing concern over the current federal guidance surrounding ...(327 words)

Urgent Care Doctor Accused of Marijuana Possession

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:29:54 PDT

RICHLAND, Wash.—A Washington urgent care doctor admitted to leaving marijuana in a motel room and was arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana with intent to deliver, according to the Tri-City Herald, a local newspaper. The doctor told officers several conflicting stories about why he had the drug, the newspaper reported. To ...(55 words)

Urgent Care Web Site Wins Design Award

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:38:44 PDT

AURORA, Colo.—The Web site for OnPoint Urgent Care, of Aurora, Colo., recently received an American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design USA. The American Graphic Design Awards have been given for about 30 years and are open to all segments of the creative community. OnPoint's winning design was selected from more ...(183 words)

60 Ariz. Schools Start H1N1 Vaccinations for Students

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:47:56 PDT

PHOENIX—School-based H1N1-immunization clinics started this week at 60 elementary schools in the Phoenix area. About 50 percent of the students at these schools are participating, according to the The Arizona Republic newspaper. All Phoenix-area public schools will likely receive H1N1 vaccinations by Thanksgiving, according to Mollen Immunization Clinics, which is ...(88 words)

High-Priority Adults Unable to Get H1N1 Vaccine

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:32:33 PDT

A new national poll from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that a majority of adults who tried to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable to do so. The poll, which examines the American public's response to the H1N1 vaccine shortage, is ...(526 words)

H1N1 Prompts Surgery Postponements in Canada

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:34:45 PDT

ONTARIO, Canada—The Niagara Health System (of Canada) is postponing all elective surgeries and endoscopy procedures that are scheduled for Nov. 11, 2009, because emergency rooms and urgent care centers across the region are seeing a “dramatic” spike in patient visits and staff absence, according to the Niagara Falls Review newspaper. ...(190 words)

Colo. Urgent Care Offers $10 H1N1 Vaccines

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:13:53 PDT

AURORA, Colo.—Rocky Mountain Urgent Care is now offering H1N1 vaccinations to “high-risk priority” patients for $10. These patients must fit at least one of the following descriptions and must be a Boulder-County resident:-Pregnant -Children 6 months to 4 years -Children 5 years old -18 years old with chronic health conditions ...(92 words)

Canada Opens H1N1-Assessment Clinics

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:04:34 PDT

OTTAWA, Canada—Six community health centers have set up H1N1-assessment clinics in urban areas of Ottawa to take pressure off other healthcare providers. But the clinics are not for everyone; they are only for high-risk people who are experiencing flu-like symptoms and who cannot get an appointment with their primary care ...(191 words)