Two men on a quest to beat retail clinics by doing what retail did to hospital-based providers, only better. Which will succeed?
If you are feeling ill and want to be seen quickly by a healthcare provider, you have a few options. The first is to call your primary care provider, if you have one, and attempt to get a same-day appointment. The second is to visit a retail clinic, where you can get in quickly but may be referred back to the physician or a hospital if your condition doesn't meet a set of 40 or so conditions the nurse practitioner is licensed to treat without direct supervision. Third: You could visit an ER and likely wait a long time and pay a lot to be seen. Or, you could use a telemedicine website or app.
Read the full report on Becker's Hospital Review.
If you are feeling ill and want to be seen quickly by a healthcare provider, you have a few options. The first is to call your primary care provider, if you have one, and attempt to get a same-day appointment. The second is to visit a retail clinic, where you can get in quickly but may be referred back to the physician or a hospital if your condition doesn't meet a set of 40 or so conditions the nurse practitioner is licensed to treat without direct supervision. Third: You could visit an ER and likely wait a long time and pay a lot to be seen. Or, you could use a telemedicine website or app.
Read the full report on Becker's Hospital Review.