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[Excerpt from DBusiness article]

“Beaumont Urgent Care has opened a second location in Royal Oak at 309 E. 11 Mile Road in downtown Royal Oak. The newest location is open seven-days-a-week, including holidays, and can be reached at 248-965-8806.  Regular business hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The first Beaumont Urgent Care in Royal Oak opened last August at 30955 Woodward Ave. in Woodward Corners.

The new 11 Mile Road site allows patients to access providers and facilities in the Beaumont Network quickly for minor injuries and illnesses at a reduced cost compared to a more expensive emergency room visit. For fast, efficient care, services like an in-house laboratory, X-ray and fiberglass splinting also are available.

All Beaumont Urgent Care locations now are offering COVID-19 testing, including antibody testing. In addition, the medical team can provide return-to-work services for businesses, schools, and other organizations looking to safely reopen.

Services include: exposure management/strategic planning, employee screenings, return-to-work determinations and a free symptom checker tool that allows employees to self-screen before each workday.

“Beaumont is working with WellStreet, a company experienced with running patient-focused urgent cares,” says Dr. Bernice Sessa, medical director of Beaumont Urgent Care. “We are eager to serve area patients and families by providing quality care on their terms, with easy access at lower cost.”

Along with in-person visits to a Beaumont urgent care location, virtual visits also are available with immediate access through a live video chat using a phone, tablet, or camera-enabled computer, seven days a week, 365 days a year.”

Read the full DBusiness article here: https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/covid-19-update-40-unemployment-in-detroit-federal-government-awards-combined-11-5m-in-new-manufacturing-and-apprenticeship-grants-and-more/.

[Excerpt from Patch article]

“Beaumont Urgent Care has opened a second location in Royal Oak at 309 East Eleven Mile Road. The newest location, in downtown Royal Oak, is open seven-days-a-week, including holidays, and can be reached at 248-965-8806. Regular business hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The new Eleven Mile Road site allow patients to access providers and facilities in the Beaumont Network quickly for minor injuries and illnesses at a reduced cost compared to a more expensive emergency room visit. For fast, efficient care, services like an in-house laboratory, X-ray and fiberglass splinting are also available.

All Beaumont Urgent Care locations are now offering COVID-19 testing, including antibody testing. In addition, their medical team can provide Return-to-Work services for businesses, schools and other organizations looking to safely re-open. Their services include: exposure management/strategic planning, employee screenings, return to work determinations and a free symptom checker tool which allows employees to self-screen before each workday.

Along with in-person visits to an Beaumont urgent care location, virtual visits are also available: immediate access through a live video chat using a phone, tablet, or camera-enabled computer, seven days a week, 365 days a year.”

To read the full Patch article, click here.

[Excerpt from Grosse Pointe News article]

“Beaumont Urgent Care is offering a new program through 16 of its clinics in southeast Michigan, including the Grosse Pointe Farms location, which aims to help businesses through the process from a health and safety perspective.

“We know with Michigan, it’s a little bit more delayed than other states, but I know people are so eager and it’s in phases, so we can help those that are starting next week and then develop even more strategies as more companies decide to open up,” said Bernice Sessa, regional medical director for Beaumont Urgent Care.

The program is available for any size or type of business and is individualized to the specific business.

This is incorporated through COVID-19 exposure strategic planning, including the implementation and assessment of a screening process, training of employers and staff for the screening process and personal protective equipment recommendations, as well as appropriate usage.

“We want to make sure the employers consider how best to decrease the spread of COVID and lower the impact in the workplace and so some of these activities can include monitoring and reducing transmission among the employees, mitigate disruption, minimize absenteeism and maintain a safe workplace,” Sessa explained.

The program also includes both COVID-19 and antibody testing. Sessa reported they have a good supply of kits to cover the need. 

Read the full Grosse Pointe News article here.

[Excerpt from ClickOnDetroit article]

“You had a mystery virus in January or February that matches a lot of the coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms and are now curious if you had it.

Antibody testing is readily available to see if you had the illness.

For example, all Beaumont Urgent Cares are offering the test and you don’t need a prescription. It’s a blood test, not a nose swab like the COVID-19 virus test. The results usually come back in two days.”

Read the full article here.

[Excerpt from Detroit Free Press article]

“The health system devised a way for its urgent care centers to treat people with coronavirus symptoms — cough, fever, shortness of breath, body aches, loss of smell and taste — and those who are coming for other health problems at the same time, without heightening the risk of exposure to staff and others. 

They’re offering telemedicine appointments to people with coronavirus symptoms or the option of being treated in their cars. 

“At curbside, we can check a pulse-ox and see what their oxygenation level is,” Sessa said. 

Two Beaumont urgent care clinics — one at Woodward and Square Lake roads in Bloomfield Hills and another on Middlebelt Road in Garden City — have been designated to take chest X-rays for patients with COVID-19 symptoms. 

“If we feel that the patient needs a chest X-ray, we set it up so they can get a chest X-ray without going to the hospital,” Sessa said. “They can walk into a back door that goes right into the radiology room, get a chest X-ray and go back out and wait in their car for results. 

“If we feel during that curbside evaluation or during that virtual visit that somebody actually needs to go to the ER … we actually give them a prescription, telling them take this to the ER so they don’t get stuck in the curbside screening at the ER.”

Read the full Detroit Free Press article here.

[The following is an excerpt from an article on DowntownPublications.com]

A new Beaumont Urgent Care by Beaumont Health has opened at 6543 Telegraph Road at Maple, next to Leo’s Coney Island. According to Beaumont Health, “When it’s not an emergency, but you need to be seen quickly, Beaumont Urgent Care brings you and your family the right care, right when you need it.” The new urgent care location is open every day from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. They also offer employer drug testing and employer pre-employment checkups, as well as diagnostic testing for flu, mononucleosis, strep throat screening, pregnancy tests, cultures and chemistry lab panels. Patients are welcome to walk in or book ahead.

See the full article on DowntownPublications.com

[Excerpt from Piedmont Healthcare]

Piedmont Urgent Care by WellStreet has combined with respected urgent care operator Summit Urgent Care, whose centers are located primarily on the south side of metro Atlanta, to create the largest urgent care network in Georgia, by patient visits, with a combined 27 centers by the end of 2019.

Summit Urgent Care is a well-established healthcare leader in its communities and serves the walk-in urgent care needs of patients in East Point, Fayetteville, Marietta, Newnan, Peachtree City, LaGrange and Carrolton. Summit operates nine centers. The new expanded network of 27 centers will provide greater access to quality urgent care services during flu season.

The Summit and WellStreet centers will continue to operate as they are today with Summit’s medical providers joining the Piedmont Healthcare network. Over the next several months both companies will share best practices to create a stronger company together.

“Our goal is to build on Summit’s success and top-notch patient service and provide more urgent care locations to better serve patients,” Lavater said.

Click here to read the full Piedmont Healthcare article.

[Excerpt from Hometown Life article]

Another Beaumont Urgent Care has come to Farmington Hills. 

On Tuesday the health system opened its second urgent care in Farmington Hills in a matter of months. The new center,  27810 Grand River Avenue, joins the center at 29263 Orchard Lake Road that opened in June. 

This latest opening is part of Beaumont’s plan to open about 30 urgent care facilities in southeast Michigan by the end of 2020. For its urgent care facilities, the health system partnered with WellStreet, which specializes in urgent care operations. 

Urgent care facilities are best for patients experiencing symptoms of a cold, rash, the flu, minor lacerations, mild intestinal illness and minor orthopedic injuries. Patients experiencing symptoms of severe ailments, like a heart attack or stroke, should visit an emergency room or call 9-1-1. 

But the second Farmington Hills location will be equipped with a lab, X-ray and the ability to make fiberglass splints. 

The new location can be reached at 248-516-1978 and is open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

Read the full article here.

[Excerpt from Becker’s Spine Review article]

Southfield, Michigan-based Beaumont Health opened its second urgent care center in Farmington Hills, Mich., reports Hometown Life.

Four things to know:

1. The new facility features a lab, X-ray and can develop fiberglass splints for orthopedic injuries, among other specialties.

2. Beaumont opened its first urgent care center in the city in June.

3. The health system aims to open around 30 urgent care centers in southeast Michigan by the end of 2020.

4. Beaumont partnered with Atlanta-based WellStreet Urgent Care to build and manage the planned facilities.

Read the full article here.

[Excerpt from Farmington Voice article]

Beaumont Urgent Care now has two Farmington Hills facilities, with the opening this week of a second location at 27810 Grand River.

The first Beaumont Urgent Care in Farmington Hills opened June 25 at 29263 Orchard Lake Road.

The new location is open seven-days-a-week, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Urgent care centers are most appropriate for:

• cough, cold or sore throat
• rashes or skin irritations
• fever or flu-like symptoms
• minor lacerations
• minor orthopedic injuries
• mild intestinal illnesses

To read the full article from Farmington Voice, click here.