Questions for Dr. Stern
About Your Urgent Care Center
7. I am a new family medicine physician, and I am in the brainstorming stage of planning to open a Sports Medicine/Family Practice /Urgent Care office with a Emergency Medicine colleague of mine. He will be doing most of the work on the urgent care side. I am FP boarded with a sports medicine fellow. I would like to work with Practice Velocity when the time comes but right now am most interested in finding out where to start gathering information on what to do to open the office. Do you have any suggestions for me? I am interested at this point in just data gathering on my time off on topics such as permits, license, certification, etc.
The best resources for this information would include:
- UCAOA (www.ucaoa.org): Conferences provide a wealth of information, especially the tracks devoted to starting urgent care centers.
- National Med Network (www.urgentcareconsultant.com): Our consultants have helped over 50 startup urgent care centers.
- Practice Velocity with Physicians Immediate Care (www.picocn.com): We host tours of our centers on a regular basis. Over 300 people attended our tours last year. Simply call Practice Velocity at 888-357-4209 to schedule a visit.
