Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Mental Health Urgent Care: Bridging the Gap in Crisis Care

Urgent Message: Meridian Health’s Mental Health Urgent Care service addresses the gap between outpatient therapy and hospitalization. As a way to improve access in communities, this model also provides cost savings and convenience for clients. Katie Nolin, MSc, LMFT, LCADC In 2024, Meridian Health launched its Mental Health Urgent Care service to address a critical gap in mental healthcare: the space between outpatient therapy and hospitalization. Since the program’s inception, we’ve served 39 clients, primarily …

Physician Burnout Is on the Rise

Emphasis on timely patient flow, reducing wait times, and maximizing provider efficiency may leave urgent care clinicians at greater risk for burnout than ever before—and that’s on top of the pressures reported in a new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The data show that burnout rates, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation among physicians are going up and that satisfaction with work–life balance is going down. Fifty-four percent of the subjects reported at least one …

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