Emergency rooms are famous for their long wait times and expensive bills. But even if you’re motivated to avoid these ...

An urgent care clinic can be one of those places depending on what you need. But how do you know when to go to the emergency ...

Sometimes it's best to consult with your family doctor, but at what point do you go to an urgent care versus an emergency room? "I think those red flag symptoms would be poor, oral intake ...

Dr. Jeremy Silver, MD, Medical Director of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, joins Dean for this week’s health update. This week, Dr. Silver talks about the ...

Dr. Stacy Chronister, an internal medicine specialist with OSU Medicine, offered guidance on how to determine whether a situation calls for the emergency room, urgent care or your primary care ...

Zhang owed $1,000 to Parkland — a $500 emergency room copay for each of his two visits. What gives: Parkland's Urgent Care Emergency Center is what's called a freestanding emergency department.

Simply put, if you can’t drive yourself to urgent care – that’s when the emergency room is necessary. Dr. Zeitzer says there’s an option for emergencies within ZoomCare as well.

A few tips: Many urgent care centers take insurance coverage. Ask if your plan is accepted. If you are taking your child to an ER or urgent care clinic, try to use a pediatric center or one ...

If you went to urgent care instead, you could use up valuable time waiting to be seen and then referred to an ER anyway. Sometimes emergency symptoms are vague: Instead of feeling like an elephant ...