By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Urgent care centers can provide care for young people who are mildly or moderately sick or injured, but the centers should not replace children’s so-called medical home, according to a leading group of pediatricians. When urgent care centers do treat young patients, their staff should communicate with the children’s primary care providers, the policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) adds. “I think that one of the underlying messages is that urgent care centers are an important place for children to get urgent economical and acute care, but there is very little research out there,” Dr. Gregory Conners said. He is also vice chair of pediatrics for emergency and urgent care at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..
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