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In the past, if you needed medical care quickly, you could call 911 for a paramedic, or if the need was less critical, you could go to a walk-in emergency room. This latter option has been the only choice for many people, but there has been one big problem. You may end up waiting hours to see a doctor. Walk-in emergency rooms have become crowded, and the level of care has become questionable as well. Today, all of this is changing with urgent care facilities.

An urgent care facility is sometimes owned by a local hospital, but it can also be owned and operated independently of a hospital. In either case, the doctors working at an urgent care facility are board certified. There is seldom any backlog of patients, so waiting times are minimal, if the exist at all. Anyone who cannot wait to make an appointment with a doctor but is not in so urgent of need that they require an ambulance can now go to an urgent care facility.

These facilities will accept all major forms of insurance, and for those without insurance, their fees are usually lower than the walk-in emergency room of the local hospital. In fact, it is a good idea to use an urgent care facility before a hospital. It will save you money. One example of this type of urgent care facility is the Urgency Room. A nearby location can be found under the Urgent Care Near Me portion of the website.