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What’s Trending in Urgent Care: Tweets from UCAOA 2018

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The Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) Convention & Expo recently concluded in Las Vegas (May 5–9).

At the outset of the event, the UCAOA decided to rebrand itself to become the Urgent Care Association (UCA) in order to expand the scope of its offerings to include new providers and technologies, according to a news release.

The new tagline for UCA is “gateway to better,” which implies its goal to offer education, support and additional resources to members that will help them succeed in a consumer-driven healthcare industry.

Among the research highlights…

There was also more attention given to innovative technologies in Urgent Care...

...as well as education opportunities for rising leaders.

That’s a wrap from UCAOA 2018 in Las Vegas! Save the dates for the Fall Conference (Oct. 11–14) in Houston.

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