In light of the recent JUCM article by Dr. Benjamin Barlow, Alan Ayers, and Monte Sandler, I wanted to talk about acuity degradation in urgent care. For me, it always circles back to lacerations. This articles shows that urgent cares are taking care of few lacerations than they did 10 years...

Urgent cares have flourished over the past 10 years. They stepped up to the plate and cared for scores of patients during the pandemic. Unfortunately, there is no formal residency program for "urgent care" and some UC clinicians may no thave had much training or experience with managing...