Urgent care personnel pledge to be compassionate, empathetic, appreciative, respectful, and ethical in order to best serve their communities. Yet, we are frequently unable to comprehend the actual responsibilities of U.C.C. employees.
National Promise to Care Day is annually observed on August 1 in the United States. The holiday serves to recall urgent care centres of their commitments to their communities. It also recognises the dedication of urgent care centre employees to their patients and communities.
Urgent care personnel pledge to be compassionate, empathetic, appreciative, respectful, and ethical in order to best serve their communities. Yet, we are frequently unable to comprehend the actual responsibilities of U.C.C. employees. National Promise to Care Day, on the other hand, provides an opportunity for individuals to recognise the work and efforts made by urgent care employees to ensure the health and safety of the patients in their care. Additionally, the holiday facilitates the dissemination of information about UCCs.
An urgent care centre is a walk-in clinic that treats patients with non-life-threatening medical emergencies. These clinics were established by emergency medicine specialists who observed that emergency rooms were overcrowded and flooded with patients with various needs. Establishing an urgent care centre would divert traffic and patients away from emergency rooms, ensuring that everyone receives timely care.
As a result, urgent care centres were established, partially in response to the growing need for discrete space for urgent but non-life-threatening injuries and conditions, and partially in response to public demand. Due to the ever-increasing population, spaces for unscheduled medical care outside of the emergency room became crucial.
Thus, National Promise to Care Day enables us to recognise that U.C.C. employees are also human, to acknowledge their work, and to raise awareness of it.
The American Board of Urgent Care Medicine (A.B.U.C.M.) certifies urgent care professionals in the United States.
Because they are not emergency facilities, UCCs do not provide surgical services.
35.4% of U.C.Cs are owned by physicians or physician organisations in the United States.
The preponderance of patients admitted to UCCs are at least 85 years old.
Urgent care centres are predominantly located in urban areas with higher levels of income and insurance.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | August 1 | Tuesday |
| 2024 | August 1 | Thursday |
| 2025 | August 1 | Friday |
| 2026 | August 1 | Saturday |
| 2027 | August 1 | Sunday |
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