Pediatric care recommendations for freestanding urgent care facilities

  • Gregory P. Conners
  • , Joan E. Shook
  • , Alice D. Ackerman
  • , Thomas H. Chun
  • , Nanette C. Dudley
  • , Susan M. Fuchs
  • , Marc H. Gorelick
  • , Natalie E. Lane
  • , Brian R. Moore
  • , Joseph L. Wright
  • , Isabel A. Barata
  • , Kim Bullock
  • , Jennifer Daru
  • , Toni K. Gross
  • , Elizabeth Edgerton
  • , Tamar Magarik Haro
  • , Jaclynn S. Haymon
  • , Lou E. Romig
  • , Sally K. Snow
  • , David W. Tuggle
  • Cynthia Wright, Sue Tellez

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Abstract

Treatment of children at freestanding urgent care facilities has become common in pediatric health care. Well-managed freestanding urgent care facilities can improve the health of the children in their communities, integrate into the medical community, and provide a safe, effective adjunct to, but not a replacement for, the medical home or emergency department. Recommendations are provided for optimizing freestanding urgent care facilities' quality, communication, and collaboration in caring for children.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)950-953
Number of pages4
JournalPediatrics
Volume133
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2014

Keywords

  • Emergency care
  • Health services
  • Medical home
  • Pediatrics
  • Urgent care

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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