Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Resources Promote Urgent Care Awareness Month in May

May is Urgent Care Awareness Month, and the Urgent Care Association (UCA) is offering a 2026 resource kit with free downloads, including sample social media posts with hashtags, text, and images that are sized appropriately and ready to post. The messaging includes thoughtful truisms about urgent care’s positive impact for patients, such as “Urgent Care is more than a convenience, it’s everyday healthcare,” and “Because healthcare should work around your life—not the other way around.” …

Promote Urgent Care Awareness Month With UCA Toolkit

The Urgent Care Association (UCA) is promoting Urgent Care Awareness Month to call attention to the important role urgent care has as a valuable segment in the healthcare ecosystem. Legislators, community leaders, and consumers need to know everything UC contributes, especially the widespread access issues that UC can help resolve. UCA has a collection of Awareness Month resources that any UC organization can use. What’s in the bag? Download a sample news release, 3 choices …

UCA Suggests Initiatives for Urgent Care Awareness Month in May

Having declared May to be Urgent Care Awareness Month, the Urgent Care Association has some ideas you can implement to highlight the value your urgent care center brings to the community. Benchmark Urgent & Family Care in Austin, TX, for one, is inviting its neighbors to come in for free blood pressure and blood sugar checks—a low-cost assessment for the operator that could have a high return once patients who’ve never visited before see the …

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