JUCM: The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

26/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - Study Observes Changes in EDs After PE Acquisition

Whether private equity (PE) is friend or foe in the healthcare market is still a subject of intense debate. A new study of emergency department (ED) visits publ

25/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - Harbor Health Buys 32 VillageMD Clinics From Walgreens Portfolio

Harbor Health, a startup primary-care and specialty group that also offers individual and employer health plans, announced it is acquiring 32 clinics from VillageMD, which is now in the middle of a breakup as part of the $10 billion acquisition of Walgreens by Sycamore Partners. Some of the acquired...

25/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - Kids’ Hypertension Can Lead to Adult Cardiovascular Disease and Death

25/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - New Gastroparesis Guidelines Focus on First-Line Treatments

A new clinical practice guideline from the American Gastroenterological Association helps support physicians who are treating patients with gastroparesis. The condition is difficult to diagnose and treat, so the new guidelines outline the current state of the evidence for clinical options, as publis...

25/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - No Causal Link to Autism or ADHD Found In Prenatal Opioid Exposure

25/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - Emphasize Caution With Consumer Blood Pressure Devices

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a new warning for patients and providers to be aware of risks related to unauthorized devices that claim to measure or estimate blood pressure. Many blood pressure devices currently sold directly to consumers have not been evaluated for safety and effect...

22/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - Rural Network Strategy Includes Urgent Care

Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) this week acquired RMS Healthcare Management’s Med First Primary & Urgent Care, a portfolio company of private equ

18/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - Younger School Kids More Likely To Test Positive For Respiratory Viruses

A study in a public school system found that younger students had the highest rates of respiratory virus detections compared to older grades, as published in Pediatrics. From November 2022 to May 2023, 816 students and staff in the North Kansas City, Missouri, school system provided 5,981 nasal swab...

18/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - Clinicians Interested In Gaining AI Skills With Employers’ Support

16/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - Parents Want Diagnostics For Kids’ Diarrhea, Despite Clinician Skepticism

Parents and clinicians don’t always share the same perspectives on diagnostic testing for pediatric diarrhea, according to a qualitative study published in JAMA Network Open. Interviews with 44 parents (91% female; median age, 34 years) and 16 clinicians (69% female; median age, 42 years) from 5 u...

16/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - What Do You Tell Patients About Chatbots And Test Results?

Many patients are now using artificial intelligence (AI) tools with large language models to fill the information gap between the time their test results show up in their patient-facing health records—which could be the same day—and the time their clinicians provide personalized interpretation a...

16/09/2025

New post added at Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - Last Flu Season Came In With Highest Severity in 14 Years

The cumulative influenza-associated hospitalization rate for the 2024–2025 season was the highest since 2010–2011, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which classified the season overall as “high severity.” Hospital admissions from October 1, 2024...