Urgent Message: Urgent care startups should avoid “cheaper” portable x-ray units, as they face regulatory restrictions, create workflow bottlenecks, and produce inferior images, making a fixed DR suite a better long-term investment. Keywords: portable x-ray; diagnostic radiology; radiation exposure; fractures Urgent care centers thrive by delivering fast, comprehensive, 1-stop service to ambulatory patients, and imaging capability is central to that promise. New operators commonly face a dilemma: their pro forma is tight, build-out costs are …
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