What is Urgent Care Medicine?

The urgent care specialty is a comparatively new hybrid in the field of ambulatory (outpatient) medicine and is part of a growing trend in this country for healthcare providers to offer more affordable alternatives to crowded hospital settings by meeting patient demands of convenience and efficiency, while delivering safer, higher quality medical care. Our urgent care facility is open seven days a week with convenient daytime and evening hours for patients seeking immediate treatment for minor illnesses and injuries as well as a wide variety of diagnostic and screening services including labs and digital x-rays. In our urgent care center, patients can be seen and treated, often in less than an hour, for injuries like minor lacerations, sprains, simple fractures, animal bites, sports injuries and other discomforts like sore throats, earaches, asthma attacks, migraines, urinary tract infections or the flu. You do not need an appointment to come to MediGo Medical Urgent Care. Most, if ...  more