Why Urgent Cares Deserve More Credit

Today, I’m joined by Alex Center, an emergency medical technician at an Urgent Care clinic in St. Louis. We will be discussing the profound changes occurring in an integral element of the healthcare system that has greatly lacked attention this year—being—urgent cares. Since the onset of the pandemic, news outlets have been exceptionally thorough in covering the shifting and growing demands facing the U.S. healthcare system. If you’re like me, you’ve frequently read articles about ICUs and ERs filling up, elective surgery units turning into ghost towns, and the exponential growth in tele-health care this year. At the center of this all, the adaptable nature of urgent cares is providing the burdened system with essential flexibility. Stay tuned for my conversation with Alex about her job and how it fits into the bigger picture.

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Source Materials: U.S. News & World Report, NYT

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