When a person is working 12 or more hours a day, he or she usually does not have time to fit in breaks to visit the doctor’s office. According to Samuel Fisch, owner of Med-Rite Urgent Care in New York City, urgent care centers were created to fill the void for people who were not visiting their primary care doctors due to time restrictions.
If a doctor asks his patients why they do not come in more regularly for physicals and exams, one of the most common reasons they cite is a lack of time. Most doctors’ offices are open during regular business hours only, making it all but impossible for professionals with busy lives to find time to get in for their annual exams.
In New York City, an urgent care center is an excellent alternative to a traditional doctor’s office for people who cannot take an hour or more off of work in the middle of the day. Whether a person is suffering from a migraine, a common cold, or seasonal allergies, the physicians and nurses at Med-Rite Urgent Care can get him or her in and begin treatment within a matter of minutes. Even better: Med-Rite Urgent Care is open seven days a week, so patients do not have to take time off of work to come in for an office visit.
The second most common reason why Fisch says young professionals report not going to the doctor on an annual basis, is because they do not have a dedicated primary care physician selected on their insurance plans. Fisch says that many people in New York City have yet to select a primary care doctor – and even those who do often cannot get in to see him or her for weeks after scheduling an appointment.
People with strep throat or the flu do not want to sit at home for seven days before finally coming in for a doctor’s appointment. A person suffering from these types of conditions wants treatment right away, which is why urgent care clinics have become so popular in New York City.
Urgent care clinics have shorter wait times than most doctor’s offices or hospital emergency rooms. In fact, Fisch says that he tries to assure patients that they should never have to wait for an extended period of time in order to see a doctor at Med-Rite Urgent Care.
Med-Rite Urgent Care is the ideal place for residents in Midtown Manhattan to get their basic medical treatments, vaccinations, and annual examinations, both because of the short wait times and the reduced costs when compared to traditional emergency rooms and doctor’s office visits.