Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

AI Scribe Increases Throughput, Opens Capacity for 3 More Visits Per Day

AI-powered scribe technology is helping urgent care teams fundamentally improve workflow efficiency, according to Andrea Giamalva, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Experity Health, in an interview with Healthcare IT News. Exclusive Experity analysis of more than 400,000 patient visits across 450 urgent care centers since October 2025 demonstrates that urgent cares using an AI scribe reduced documentation time by about 40%. The benefit is direct improvement in throughput: 78.6% of AI-supported visits were closed within …

Abstracts in Urgent Care – May 2026

Variation in Pretibial Laceration Management Take Home Point: Assessment and management of pretibial lacerations lack consistent standardized guidelines, which is needed to improve patient outcomes. Citation: Shafi S, Shaw A, Koubeh W, et al. Management of pretibial lacerations: A systematic review. Injury. 2026;57(4):113101. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2026.113101 Relevance: Pretibial lacerations are commonly encountered in both emergency departments (EDs) and urgent care (UC) settings, especially among older adults. Despite their frequency, management approaches vary widely across settings and …

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