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As featured in: Walk-in patients with ankle sprains, wrist fractures, concussions and other injuries will soon get instant relief with OrthoNOW Urgent Care expanding rapidly across the US. Calling itself the nation’s only orthopedic urgent care franchise, OrthoNOW opened its first location in Miami in 2010 and began awarding franchises in 2014. The franchisor is… Read More »

As featured in: OrthoNOW, a franchise business of specialized orthopedic urgent care centers, announced it would expand its franchise to include a location in Weston, Fla., by this fall and agreed to open several additional centers in Broward County over the next two to three years. The centers are focused on assessing and treating a… Read More »

As featured in: Alejandro Badia, M.D., was frustrated that he was the second and sometimes third stop for patients with hand and upper limb injuries. He was frustrated that he was called to the ER at midnight to attend patients who had been waiting for hours. He was frustrated that the public conversation on healthcare… Read More »

As featured in: Of all the goods and services offered by franchises–giant pretzels, pest control, elliptical trainers–the most important is probably the one that goes least noticed: healthcare. In fact, many patients have visited a healthcare franchise without even realizing it. With the rising cost of healthcare and the millions of people expected to seek… Read More »

As featured in: Share on social media:          Access to affordable, quality healthcare is a major concern for everyone. Factors including; place of residence, income level, preexisting conditions, insurance coverage, age, corporate footprints, and provider reactions to supply and demand significantly influence an individual’s ability to gain entry to the world of medicine…. Read More »

Donald Trump became the president-elect on Nov. 9, and executives from the healthcare industry are preparing for his presidency. Mr. Trump ran on a platform to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and transforming Medicare into a block grant to the states, among other policies. Here is how these hospital executives and physicians are… Read More »

Imagine if your doctor had a heads up on your injury before you pulled into the parking lot? That and more are now available thanks to OrthoNOW and Uber. This new version of their mobile app includes a feature called “On My Way NOW,” that sends alerts about patient arrival at the nearest OrthoNOW location…. Read More »

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 »