Piedmont Urgent Care Expands Access to Care with New Hiram Location
Hiram, Ga. – Piedmont Urgent Care, the network of urgent care centers managed in partnership between Piedmont and WellStreet Urgent Care, announced today the grand opening of its newest location in Hiram. Conveniently located at 5749 Wendy Bagwell Parkway, Hiram, GA 30141, the new center will deliver walk-in urgent care services for adults and children, serving as a high-quality, convenient alternative to emergency departments and primary care offices for non-emergency conditions.
The Hiram center joins a network of 82 Piedmont Urgent Care locations throughout Georgia and represents Piedmont’s continued commitment to meeting the health care needs of the community. Piedmont Urgent Care is operated as part of a joint venture with WellStreet Urgent Care, a leader in health system urgent care expansion, development and operations.
“Opening a new urgent care in Hiram reflects our ongoing commitment to meeting patients where they are,” said Michelle Fisher, Piedmont President of Primary Care and Retail Services. “This location offers families and individuals convenient access to the trusted, high-quality care they expect from Piedmont, right in their own community.”
The new center, opening just in time for flu and respiratory season, will treat a wide range of illnesses and injuries, including flu, colds, sprains, minor fractures, ear infections and more. Onsite digital X-ray and rapid testing and treatment for multiple viruses such as flu A and B, COVID-19, RSV, strep and more will also be available, ensuring patients can be diagnosed and receive care quickly.
“The new Piedmont Urgent Care in Hiram reflects our dedication to offering convenient, patient-centered care close to home,” said Lisa Mikkelsen, CEO of WellStreet Urgent Care. “Together with Piedmont, we’re making high-quality care more accessible to families throughout the region.”
The clinic will be open 7 days a week, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., and patients can walk in or reserve a spot online to reduce wait times
For more information or to book ahead, visit the Piedmont Urgent Care Hiram website.
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About WellStreet Urgent Care
WellStreet Urgent Care brings clinical and operational expertise in developing and scaling urgent care networks with health system partners. Its more than 150 urgent care centers boast best-in-class patient experience scores and better than average wait times, making them a valuable community resource for convenient, high-quality care. WellStreet is part of the less than 10% of urgent care providers nationwide to receive accreditation from the Urgent Care Association and proactively pursues quality and compliance excellence, rising above the standard for the urgent care industry. With a focus on patient coordination, WellStreet is clinically integrated within health system partner electronic medical records, providing patients and their care teams with a full picture of care for continued support. WellStreet’s partnership with Piedmont Healthcare ensures patients have seamless access to the broader Piedmont network, including primary care and specialty services when needed. For more information, visit wellstreet.com.
About Piedmont Healthcare
Piedmont is empowering Georgians by changing health care. We continue to fuel Georgia’s growth through safe, cost-effective, high-quality care close to home through an integrated health care system that provides a hassle-free, unified experience. We are a private, not-for-profit organization with more than 12,000 donors annually that for centuries has sought to make a positive difference in every life we touch in the communities we serve. Across our 2,171 physical locations we care for more than 4.5 million patients and serve communities that comprise 85 percent of Georgia’s population. This includes 27 hospitals, 113 immediate care locations, 1,875 Piedmont Clinic physician practices and more than 3,600 Piedmont Clinic members. Our patients conveniently engage with Piedmont online, as they scheduled more than 560,000 online appointments and over 120,000 virtual visits. With nearly 50,000 care givers we are the largest Georgia-based private employer of Georgians, who all came for the job, but stayed for the people. In 2024 and 2023, Piedmont has earned recognition from Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity and also as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women. In 2022, Forbes ranked Piedmont on its list of the Best Large Employers in the United States. Piedmont provided more than $607 million in community impact in Fiscal Year 2024.
For more information, or to book your next appointment, visit piedmont.org.
Contact:
Erin Cunningham
WellStreet Urgent Care