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Study Findings: Why Patients Leave Their Doctors

Patients and clinicians are busier than ever — and a new survey shows just how much that impacts the patient experience. Long waits, rushed visits, and difficulty reaching a real person are now top reasons patients leave their doctors. With most people juggling tight schedules and expecting quick, personalized care, practices that streamline communication and reduce friction stand to retain more patients in an increasingly time-pressed healthcare environment.

Incorporating Urgent Care Reduces Inappropriate ER Visits

Emergency departments are seeing a 6% rise in emergent visits, while urgent visits have remained flat, according to Vizient Sg2. To preserve ER capacity and improve throughput, health systems are encouraged to redirect low-acuity patients to alternative care sites like Urgent Care centers. Proper care setting utilization reduces costs, improves outcomes, and enhances patient satisfaction. Explore key ED trends, including average length of stay, visit forecasts through 2035, and payer mix shifts. Urgent Care remains a convenient, cost-effective solution for non-emergency needs.

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Urgent Care Offers Access & Savings for Families

Urgent Care operator WellNow Urgent Care recently conducted a study highlighting the growing strain that working families, especially mothers, face when accessing healthcare. This is a great example of not just saying how Urgent Care meets patients where they are but producing data supporting your claims. Well done WellNow!