In the past, coming down with a non-life-threatening illness or having a minor injury meant only two things: going to the ER or waiting for the next available appointment with a primary care physician. That has all drastically changed since the emergence of urgent care clinics over the past decade or so.
Urgent care clinics have shown a lot of promise in meeting and satisfying Americans’ burgeoning demand for prompt, high-quality, convenient health care. Below, you’ll learn more about how urgent care clinics have revolutionized the healthcare landscape.
Providing Easy, Convenient Access to High-Quality Care
Have you or your child ever needed treatment for a persistent rash, a sprain, or respiratory symptoms during evening or weekend hours when your primary care physician is unavailable?
Of course, this is a common experience for almost everyone, and urgent care facilities have recognized patients’ need for prompt, convenient, and efficient care. When you go to an urgent care facility, you don’t need an appointment. Simply come in during available hours any day of the week, and expect prompt and courteous reception.
Urgent care clinics are typically manned by physicians and staff with extensive training in emergency medicine. What this means is that the quality of care you can expect to receive is on par with—if not, better than—what you get when you seek treatment from emergency room personnel. Urgent care physicians are highly equipped to handle a broad range of minor illnesses and injuries and, for medical problems needing advanced care, they connect or refer patients to the appropriate specialists.
Patients Now Have Virtually Everything in One Place
Urgent care facilities aim to meet the needs of patients for walk-in services once only provided by hospitals or PCPs. As such, aside from providing medical care for common minor illnesses and injuries, urgent care facilities provide a vast range of ancillary services, and this means patients no longer have to drive around town to get the healthcare services that they need.
- Vaccinations and physical exams
- Blood work and other lab tests
- School, sports, and occupational (DOT and DOL) physicals
- X-rays and ultrasound imaging
- Workers’ Compensation services
- Drug and alcohol testing for employers
- COVID-19 testing (rapid, PCR and antibody) on an express, drive-through basis
- STD and UTI testing
Urgent Care Clinic in Garfield, NJ
My Doc Urgent Care, we have highly qualified physicians on staff who work hand in hand with the rest of the members of our team to deliver compassionate, efficient, expert care when our patients truly need it.
If you have an urgent medical concern, simply walk in, and we will make sure to attend to you as quickly as possible. To learn more about our services, feel free to call our urgent care clinic staff at (862-319-3501), and we will gladly answer all of your questions. We are eager to provide you with the highest quality of urgent care!
