{"id":3765,"date":"2014-11-17T15:19:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T21:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/?p=3765"},"modified":"2014-11-17T15:19:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T21:19:33","slug":"benefits-tip-urgent-care-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/2014\/11\/17\/benefits-tip-urgent-care-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits Tip &#8211; Urgent Care Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spend your cash on holiday gifts instead of costly Emergency Room visits.\u00a0When you are experiencing less-complex, non-life threatening healthcare issues,\u00a0Emergency Rooms can be an expensive way to get quality care. Instead, consider\u00a0Urgent Care Centers. Urgent Care Centers are convenient walk-in based healthcare\u00a0clinics that are staffed with the same types of medical providers as hospitals or private\u00a0practices. These centers offer extended office hours and do not require an appointment\u00a0which makes them a great alternative to an Emergency Room.<\/p>\n<p>Common medical conditions that can be treated at an Urgent Care Center\u00a0include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Common Cold, Flu, Sinus Infections<\/li>\n<li>Stitches for non-urgent lacerations<\/li>\n<li>Sprains, strains, and fractures (some offer onsite x-rays)<\/li>\n<li>Rashes, skin irritations<\/li>\n<li>Urinary tract infections<\/li>\n<li>Immunizations and lab-work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spend your cash on holiday gifts instead of costly Emergency Room visits.\u00a0When you are experiencing less-complex, non-life threatening healthcare issues,\u00a0Emergency Rooms can be an expensive way to get quality care. Instead, consider\u00a0Urgent Care Centers. Urgent Care Centers are convenient walk-in based healthcare\u00a0clinics that are staffed with the same types of medical providers as hospitals or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6050,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6050"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3766,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3765\/revisions\/3766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}