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UMMC announces plans for urgent care in Batavia

By Howard B. Owens

Press release:

United Memorial Medical Center is pleased to announce that plans are under way to provide Urgent Care Services at the Jerome Center in Batavia.

“This continues United Memorial’s efforts to increase access to necessary health care services to residents of Genesee County,” said Mark Schoell, president and CEO.

United Memorial currently operates an Urgent Care Center on Tountas Avenue in Le Roy which opened in July 2010. Visits to United Memorial’s Urgent Care Center in Le Roy have grown from an estimated 3,500 to more than 6,000 annually. Analyzing patient demographics based on zip codes indicate that a great deal of that growth is from the Batavia area.

Urgent Care services are a cost effective and convenient way for patients to receive quality medical care when their primary care physician is unavailable and they do not want to spend time waiting in an emergency room to be treated for a non-life-threatening injury or illness. Co-payments for urgent care are typically less than emergency room co-pays.

UMMC’s Urgent Care Center in Batavia, like the center in Le Roy, will be well equipped to treat a variety of ailments, including: sprains and fractures; cuts and lacerations; animal and insect bites and stings; cold and influenza symptoms; ear infections; pneumonia; bronchitis; urinary tract infections; asthma; sore throats/strep and mono; and influenza vaccines.

Urgent Care at the Jerome Center will be supported by United Memorial’s state-of-the-art medical imaging services, the most advanced in Genesee County. The Jerome Center is conveniently located in the heart of Downtown Batavia at 16 Bank St. It offers handicap accessibility, convenient parking, a gift shop and refreshment kiosk.

An opening date will be announced soon and is expected to occur in early spring.

Jeff Allen

I agree Phil. I have only had to use the ER at UMMC a few times, but always was struck by the number of cases that were better served in a non-emergency setting and have consistently heard the same from others.

Jan 5, 2012, 7:19pm Permalink
William Millen

I am glad to see an urgent care center coming to Batavia. My insurance for one is really pushing the use of urgent care this year, and it will be much cheaper than a visit to the emergency room. I am sure I am not the only one who's insurance is pushing the use of urgent care. Great thing UMMC.

Jan 5, 2012, 8:30pm Permalink
Mary Margaret Ripley

I am so glad Urgent Care is finally being used in this county. When I lived in Livonia I used the Urgent Care MANY times in Geneseo when my son was little. It was so much more convenient and quicker that the ER.

Jan 5, 2012, 9:23pm Permalink
RICHARD L. HALE

Leroy Urgent Care;

Convenient.....yes

Quicker than ER.....yes

Cost less than ER.....I don't see it

Jan 5, 2012, 11:56pm Permalink

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