Hudson Valley Urgent Care Centers Offer Convenient Alternatives to the Emergency Department

Jan. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- Across the United States, the demand for primary care physician practices has grown.  Getting an immediate health care appointment with your practitioner can take time, and many people do not even have access to a health care provider.  Excel Urgent Care and Orange Urgent Care in the Hudson Valley, New York offer a welcomed solution to this growing predicament.  

The urgent care environment that Excel Urgent Care and Orange Urgent Care provide is designed to support the community physicians and offer immediate and accessible health care to community residents and employees.   By utilizing these centers, needless long waits in the emergency department are avoided, and all patients are referred back to their personal practitioners.  No appointment is necessary and wait times are minimal.  The approach to service excellence delivers affordable, efficient, quality health care for all of its patients.  You will find that the centers have clean, state-of-the-art, relaxing atmospheres.  The Care Teams at Excel Urgent Care and Orange Urgent Care understand the need for immediate health care.  They realize the necessity for alternatives to emergency departments for people affected by common, non-life threatening illnesses or injuries.  By choosing an urgent care center over the emergency department, you could save hundreds of dollars.  In fact, the cost of an urgent care visit is between 1/6th and 1/8th of an emergency department visit.

The facilities are staffed by Board-Certified Emergency Medicine and Family Practice Physicians, as well as experienced Allied Health Professionals. Equipped with X-Ray and lab equipment, Excel Urgent Care and Orange Urgent Care are prepared to provide a timely diagnosis and treatment for non-life threatening illnesses and injuries. Other services include physicals, occupational medicine, and vaccines.  

Excel Urgent Care and Orange Urgent Care are founded by Emergency Medicine physicians who have practiced clinically in local emergency departments for over 20 years.  Experienced in both the administrative and clinical aspects of Emergency Medicine, the developers of these urgent care centers have the management skills to run a successful business while offering compassionate quality care that patients expect and deserve.  Currently, there are four northeast centers up and running, with five more on the drawing board slated to open within the next two years.

For the convenience of its patients, these centers are open 7 days a week with extended hours, and no appointment is necessary.  Excel Urgent Care and Orange Urgent Care accept all major insurance, including Worker’s Compensation and Medicare.  If a patient does not have health insurance, the urgent care centers have arranged a reasonable walk-in rate so that people will have access to affordable quality health care.  The Care Teams at Excel Urgent Care and Orange Urgent Care invite you to take a tour of their facilities.  Lastly, keep in mind that urgent care centers are NOT for life-threatening illnesses or injuries.  If you are experiencing an emergency, call 911 or head directly to your local emergency department.

Hours at Excel Urgent Care of Goshen and Fishkill, NY are Monday-Friday: 8am-8pm, Saturday and Sunday: 9am-4pm
Hours at Orange Urgent Care of Middletown, NY are Monday-Friday: 8am-9pm, Saturday and Sunday, 9am-6pm

Excel Urgent Care of Goshen, 1 Hatfield Lane, Suite 2B, Goshen, NY  10924
845-360-5530
Excel Urgent Care of Fishkill, 1004 Main Street, Fishkill, NY  12524
845-765-2240
www.Excel-UrgentCare.com

Orange Urgent Care, 75 Crystal Run Road, Suite G40, Middletown, NY  10941
845-703-CARE
www.OrangeUrgentCare.com

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About Excel Urgent Care and Orange Urgent Care:
Excel Urgent Care of Goshen, NY and Fishkill, NY and Orange Urgent Care of Middletown, NY are walk-in urgent care centers. They're the perfect solution when you can’t wait days or weeks to see your primary care physician and the ideal alternative to the emergency department when you don’t have a life-threatening condition. Services include physicals, X-rays, stitches, vaccines, occupational medicine and treatment for common non life-threatening illnesses or injuries. Open seven days a week with extended hours, the practitioners provide the Hudson Valley communities with cost-efficient urgent medical care. No Appointment is necessary and you will wait only minutes, not hours.