Urgent, on demand health care
[Source: convergenceri.com] Call it the newest skirmish line in the health care wars, being fought amidst the big box stores: on April 27, Southcoast Health cut the ribbon at its urgent care center in the shopping center plaza at 39 Commerce Way.
It is the latest chessboard move in the battle between health systems competing for customers and market share – and for financial survival in a world where the old business model for hospitals no longer works and operating margins keep narrowing.