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OrthoNOW CEO Alejandro Badia is more driven than ever on his mission to make orthopedic urgent care readily accessible for patients all across the United States Dr. Alejandro Badia’s big, hairy, audacious goal is for his company OrthoNOW to be as synonymous with orthopedic urgent care as Starbucks is with coffee. But Badia knows that… Read More »

Share this on social media:      You might not think of urgent-care centers, where you can come in off the street for quick treatment of a flu or stomach ache, as retail outfits. After all, they don’t sell clothing, makeup, auto parts, or other actual products the way classical retailers do. But Justin Irizarry… Read More »

In their continued commitment to providing outstanding patient care OrthoNOW®, the nation’s only specialized urgent care franchise, announced today that they will be offering Master Franchises in 54 exclusive territories available across the US. OrthoNOW was co-founded in 2010, by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Alejandro Badia and financial industry expert and Wharton alumni Justin Irizarry. The… Read More »

March 14 – 15, 2017 Miami Anatomical Research Center   The Second Annual OrthoNOW Franchise Convention (ONFC) is coming soon and you don’t want to miss out on reserving your seat!  Thanks to the generosity of our supplier partners, we’re able to produce the convention at no cost to our current franchisees. Day 1 of the… Read More »

Share this on social media:      In an ongoing commitment to providing both outstanding franchisee and patient experiences, OrthoNOW, the nation’s only orthopedic urgent care franchise, has launched a new and improved version of their mobile app. In addition to its revolutionary feature called On My Way NOW™, the app includes a variety of… Read More »

As featured on FHIcommunications: Share this on social media:      A recent study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine says medical errors should rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States. The Hopkins study, based on an analysis of prior studies, estimates that more than 250,000 Americans die each year… Read More »

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 »