Urgent Care Centers:

Although there in no nationally accepted definition of what exactly is an urgent care center, their scope of services falls between the primary care doctors office and the emergency room. Urgent Care centers offer acute, non-emergent care emphasizing customer service. Most Kissimmee Urgent Care centers offer walk in visits, extended weekday and weekend hours as well as expanded services compared to primary care doctors offices.

Many services provided in Kissimmee Urgent Care centers are offered in primary care doctor's offices. In addition they usually include on site radiology, as well as laceration repair, administration of intravenous fluids, occupational health care, on site laboratory testing and on site medication dispensing.

The first urgent care centers in the United States opened in the 1980's and that number has grown to more than 12,000 to 20,000 centers today. Although most Urgent Care centers accept patients of all ages some specialize only in pediatric patients.

For a list of urgent care centers and medical offices offering same day visits please see www.locateurgentcare.com.

Below is a list of Kissimmee Urgent Care Centers

Centra Care-Florida Hospital-Walk-In Urgent Care‎
4320 W Vine St, Kissimmee, FL‎ - (407) 390-1888‎

Solantic Urgent Care‎
1471 E Osceola Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL‎ - (407) 452-3700‎

Osceola Regional Medical Center‎
700 W Oak St, Kissimmee, FL‎ - (407) 846-2266‎

America's Urgent Care of Celebration‎
1530 Celebration Blvd, Celebration, FL‎ - (321) 939-3100‎

Instant Medical Care‎
3262 Vineland Rd, Kissimmee, FL‎ - (407) 397-8937‎

Urgent Medical Care‎
3211 S John Young Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL‎ - (407) 343-1919‎

Physicians Care Partners Inc‎
3358 W Southport Rd, Kissimmee, FL‎ - (407) 343-0006‎

Centra Care-Florida Hospital-Walk-In Urgent Care: Formosa Gardens‎
7848 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL‎ - (407) 397-7032‎

Solantic-Colonial Town CTN‎
1471 E Osceola Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL‎ - (407) 452-3700‎

Kissimmee Convenient Care Clinics (Retail Clinics)

According to the Convenient Care Association Convenient Care Clinics are small health care facilities located in convenient settings accessible to the public. They provide non- emergency services to walk-in patients, regardless of insurance status, at affordable prices seven days a week. Convenient Care Clinics are primarily staffed by advanced practice nurses, including nurse practitioners. Convenient Care Clinics may also be staffed by physician assistants and/or physicians. Convenient Care Clinics provide quality care for common episodic ailments, as well as immunizations, physicals, and health screenings. As of November 2007, there were close to 800 Convenient Care Clinics in the United States. This number is predicted to grow to 1500 by the end of 2008.

Their scope of services are extremely limited compared to both Urgent Care centers and physicians offices who accept walk in patients. These sites are not designed to address urgent issues. Lacerations and minor fractures for example would not be cared for in these Convenience Care Clinic settings. Much like Urgent Care centers, continuity of care with patient follow up is not a primary focus of these Retail Clinics.

Below is a list of Kissimmee Convenience Care Clinics /Retail Clinics

Walgreens
111600 S Orange Blossom Trl
Orlando, FL 32837
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm

212100 S Apopka Vineland Rd
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32836
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm

38050 International Dr
Orlando, FL 32819
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm

47767 W Irlo Bronson Blvd
Kissimmee, FL 34747
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm

5408 E. Michigan St.
Orlando, FL 32806
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm

Private physicians offices offering same day appointments:

Many private physicians in both primary care and various specialties throughout Kissimmee have begun to recognize the need for providing immediate access to patients in need of urgent and less urgent immediate medical care. The services offered by these private physicians varies from doctor to doctor and is consistent with the services customarily offered in their office.

Some of these Kissimmee doctors have established their practice as a Concierge medical practice. In doing so they limit their patient volume and provide immediate access in exchange for a yearly fee. Other physicians have added extended office hours and employed Physician Assistants and nurse practitioners to assist in immediate patient care.

The obvious advantage is that patients receive continuity of care from their private physicians with whom they already have an established relationship.