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Share this on social media:      Accidents and injuries do not occur by appointment so patients rely on urgent care treatments daily. For facilities providing urgent health care there are inner workings behind the scenes that few understand. Urgent care facilities, especially those who are being franchised, need highly trained professionals who are experts… Read More »

Share this on social media:      Like myself, many people find that they thrive when working in an environment that offers unique challenges, opportunities to flex their entrepreneurism muscles and employing processes that disrupt traditional delivery methods in order to bring products/services to market. For over two decades I have worked in the franchise… Read More »

Share this on social media:      I was recently awarded the South Florida Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award given to those professionals who have made a significant impact to the healthcare industry and their communities. The day before the award, I was presenting a workshop at the prestigious FIME Show, the largest medical trade fair in the Western… Read More »

As featured in: Share this on social media:      Dr. Alejandro Badia started an orthopedic urgent-care center out of frustration. “Every patient that came to see me had already been somewhere, and that somewhere didn’t do much for them,” he said. “I said to myself, ‘Why can’t somebody reach me more directly?’” Badia, who’s based in… Read More »

Share this on social media:      OrthoNOW®, a network of walk-in specialized urgent care centers focused on sports medicine and the treatment and prevention of orthopedic injuries recently announced the appointment of Thelma Cela as Director of Clinical Operations. In the newly created position, Ms. Cela will be responsible for all franchise clinical matters,… Read More »

As featured in: Share this on social media:      During a time when the U.S. health care industry is emerging from a period of reform to transformation an unlikely entrepreneurial duo, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Alejandro Badia and financial industry expert and Wharton alumni Justin Irizarry, saw an opportunity to disrupt the multi-billion-dollar orthopedic health… Read More »

Share this on social media:      The South Florida Business Journal has named Co-Founder and CFO Justin Irizarry as an honoree on their 2016 40 Under 40 list. This prestigious annual program receives hundreds of nominations each year and the publication selects only the best and brightest young professionals in South Florida who have… Read More »

OrthoNOW® achieves the triple aim: better care, better health, and lower costs What is emerging in health care bears little resemblance to its previous form. As traditional boundaries dissolve and new horizons open for all industry stakeholders, leaders are called to be masters of strategy. Few industries today offer more promise than health care. As… Read More »

Join us March 8th, 2016 Explore the latest developments in healthcare delivery!  Orthopedic Urgent Care is growing rapidly, and OrthoNOW is the world leader. See below for the event flyer. If experiencing any problems viewing the below, please click here.