Adapting to a Patient-Centric Care Model with Tech-Enabled Urgent Care
As patient expectations evolve, the healthcare industry must evolve with them. This means the tools, processes, and technology involved in care delivery must adapt, too.
Generational Intel: Helping Patients Identify Where to Seek Care
Communication with patients should be a top area of focus as urgent cares look to develop their marketing strategies, tailored to each generation they are trying to reach, with an eye toward relieving unnecessary demand on emergency departments.
Tackling Rising Drug Costs and Growing Popularity of GLP-1’s
See how Quantum Health is providing the steps to help their members tackle the cost of specialty medications and other drugs.
Urgent vs. Emergent: Alleviating Overcrowded Emergency Room Pressures
Crowded EDs will continue to plague the healthcare ecosystem and prevent the efficient delivery of care if the structure and education of care, resources, and availability are kept the same. UC can step in with its well-equipped and trained staff so that EDs can focus on what they do best, care for life-threatening situations.
The Urgent Care Crisis of Low Reimbursement: A Looming Threat to Accessible Healthcare
I invite insurance companies to engage in meaningful dialogue with urgent care providers to understand the challenges they face and explore fair reimbursement models that reflect the value they bring to patients.
PM Pediatric Care Secures $50M To Grow Pediatric Urgent Care Business
PM Pediatric Care's funding round was led by Scopia Capital and included participation from Jefferson River Capital. In total, the company has raised more than $140 million, said Steven Katz, co-founder and co-CEO of PM Pediatric Care.
Clinicians Offer Snapshot from Day in the Life of Delivering Care at Teladoc Health
In a series of interviews, two Teladoc Health physicians and a therapist offered a window into a day in the life of delivering virtual care.
Consultants: Help Define What’s Next In Healthcare Benefits
Help shape the future of healthcare benefits by sharing your insights.
Zocdoc Adds Urgent Care Centers to Marketplace
Patients can now find and book urgent care appointments in 22 states at more than 200 facilities on Zocdoc's marketplace. In 2023, the company saw the volume of new urgent care facilities on Zocdoc grow by nearly 40% month over month on average and urgent care bookings grow by 80% month over month on average.
On-Demand Healthcare – Integrating Primary Care While Staying True to the Urgent Care Mission
Not everyone who visits an urgent care will seek primary care services, but the ability for clinics to provide PCP services on an as-needed basis is a massive value-add for all stakeholders - be it providers seeking to bolster their financial positions or patients who are suffering from provider shortages in primary care.
Solv launches new same-day appointment booking with Carbon Health as customer
Solv has added direct real-time booking to Solv Connect, its marketplace for same-day and next-day healthcare appointments. This announcement decouples Solv Connect from the company’s other software offering, Solv Experience, which is its practice management platform. The first customer the company is announcing for its new-and-improved Solv Connect offering is Carbon Health, a network of primary care and urgent care clinics.
Report: PE firms’ entrance into urgent care raises concerns for quality, affordability of care
Private equity’s expanding presence in urgent care and the consolidation of the industry raise concerns about the quality and affordability of care, according to a recent report. It argued that the industry should be wary about this ownership trend, as private equity firms could cut staff, push costly procedures and strip out assets from providers.
Changes in Nurse Staffing Answer Clinician Demands
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
Carbon Health grows home care capabilities with Alertive Healthcare acquisition
The acquisition enables primary and urgent care provider Carbon Health to remotely monitor patients' vitals and intervene when needed. The move follows Carbon Health's purchase of diabetes platform Steady Health — its first major foray into home-based care.
Solv raises $45M to build network of same-day appointments
The startup, founded by several former Trulia executives, builds software to help healthcare providers with administrative tasks, including scheduling, registration and price transparency.
Carbon Health buys two urgent care chains
The company is buying two urgent care chains in Tuscon, Arizona and Sacramento, California. It now has 83 clinics in 12 states, as it looks to go toe-to-toe with other primary care competitors.
Don’t be fooled by a full waiting room—ambulatory care offices are being left behind
No matter where you sit in the ambulatory continuum, whether primary care, a specialist, or urgent care operator, you will face challenges with new digital-first competitors.
In-home care startup DispatchHealth passes $1.7B valuation
DispatchHealth, a startup offering at-home care, raised $200 million in funding. The Denver-based company plans to use it to expand to additional states.