Bingham Healthcare opens new urgent care in Idaho Falls

IDAHO FALLS – A caller urgent attraction has opened successful Idaho Falls.

Bingham Healthcare held a ribbon cutting for a caller 1st Choice Urgent Care connected Thursday. This caller installation is nan 5th 1 opened by Bingham, offering six rooms, a aesculapian director, respective caregiver practitioners and expert assistants.

“We’re passionate astir helping group passim nan region enactment healthy, and nan caring and compassionate doctors, caregiver practitioners, and expert assistants astatine 1st Choice Urgent Care are a awesome squad of caregivers committed to that mission,” said Jake Erickson, CEO of Bingham Healthcare.

The caller urgent attraction is astatine 3302 Valencia Drive successful a building that Bingham already owned, pinch a family medicine session and a surgical center. Valerie Jewett, head of trading and nationalist relations said that Bingham Healthcare conducted marketplace investigation earlier deciding to unfastened nan urgent care.

“After marketplace investigation and analysis, nan request for an urgent attraction successful this area was apparent,” Jewett said.

Like astir cities successful eastbound Idaho, nan organization is increasing and Jewett said that Bingham is expanding on pinch that.

“Bingham is increasing truthful quickly… crossed astir of nan valleys connected nan full eastbound broadside of nan state,” Jewett said. “To conscionable cognize that we’re having specified awesome attraction expanded successful our communities, it’s awesome that we person had nan expertise to turn nan measurement we person been.”

Jewett besides said that urgent cares are expanding because galore people, particularly young people, don’t person an established superior attraction doctor. If they person a aesculapian issue, going to an urgent attraction could beryllium quicker.

“We don’t scheme connected getting sick and possibly we don’t person nan clip to hold for an appointment, and nan measurement nan gait of nan world is working, urgent cares are great. You tin extremity successful erstwhile you don’t consciousness good, you tin extremity successful erstwhile you’re conscionable not sure, and you don’t person to call, make that assignment and hold 2 aliases 3 days.”

The providers astatine nan urgent attraction tin dainty conditions that are superior aliases urgent, but not life-threatening, including insignificant surgery and fractured bones, allergic reactions, infections and galore much conditions.

While nan urgent attraction tin dainty a assortment of conditions, Jewett still recommends that group find a superior attraction physician.

“What’s truthful important astir having a superior attraction expert is they’re benignant of for illustration nan coach of your squad and erstwhile they spot thing that could make you healthier, possibly a alteration that could springiness you a amended value of life, they’re watching retired for your champion interest,” Jewett said.