The kind of “uh-oh” that results in a visit to the
emergency room happens 141.4 million times a year
in the U.S., according to the latest statistics
available from the Centers for Disease Control. The
CDC estimates that as 45.1 visits per 100 persons
– and those statistics do not include urgent care
or physician office visits, trips to the pharmacy,
or other healthcare concerns. North Texas providers
are observing all the vital signs on this issue,
using non-traditional access points to bring care
to patients, rather than relying on patients making
their way to them. This approach has not only
provided convenient access to care, but also – for
some – access to care in areas where it is not as
readily available. Innovative thinking beyond the
walls of a doctor’s office or hospital can be found
right here in North Texas.
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When you are in the middle of a busy
travel day – with bags, passports,
children and other family members in tow, running
to catch your flight or transferring to another after
a layover – the last thing you’re wanting to add to
your list is a need for medical care. But it happens.
And at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport,
one of the world’s largest, the innovation the airport
regularly shows toward improving travel experience
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to
providing
convenient care when travelers are
on the move.
Code 3 Urgent Care & Pharmacy,
owned and operated by North
Texas-based Code 3 Emergency
Partners, LLC, is located at
Terminal D, near gate 27, inside
the secure side of the airport. With
four patient rooms, an on-site
pharmacy, X-ray and laboratory,
patients can find fast care for acute
medical needs. Additionally, Code
3 opened a new emergency room on
the south end of the DFW Airport
this summer. Both supplement
the emergency care services
offered through the airport, which
includes ambulance, fire and EMS care.
But this new convenience has become popular among
both travelers and employees, notes Founder and CEO
of Code 3 Emergency Partners Carrie de Moor, M.D.,
who is an emergency medicine physician and a Fellow
of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
“Code 3 is extremely excited to provide convenient
access to unscheduled acute care within the airport’s
international Terminal D. We knew that with more than
60,000 employees representing many employers onsite
every day and more than 60 million passengers traveling
through the airport every year, there was a definite need
for this service,” she said.
Travelers through DFW Airport can make their health and
wellness a priority with Code 3 Urgent Care & Pharmacy
Access in North Texas
There you are, living life, when all of a sudden,
there’s a reminder that you are, indeed, human.
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