December 18, 2025

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Launching Our 2026 Poster Awards – Submit Your Proposal Today!

We’re excited to announce the Call for Proposals for posters at the 2026 Urgent Care Convention is officially open! This year, we’re introducing Poster Awards to celebrate innovation and excellence in our field:

Clinical Excellence Award – Recognizing outstanding contributions to patient care and clinical processes.
Operational Excellence Award – Highlighting innovative approaches to improve efficiency and operations.
People’s Choice Award – Voted by attendees during the convention.

Ready to inspire and engage?
Submit your poster by January 31, 2026 and join us in advancing Urgent Care excellence.

UCA Connect: Virtual Member Meet-Up

Join us for a fast-paced, interactive networking session designed exclusively for UCA members! In just 30 minutes, you’ll:
✔ Connect with peers in Urgent Care
✔ Share challenges, wins, and ideas

✔ Enter for a chance to win $50 Learning Center Cash

Tuesday, January 20 — 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST

What’s on Your 2025 Reading List? Share Your Favorites!

What stories inspired you this year?

Share your favorite books (newsletters, blogs, etc.) from 2025 with us! Whether it sparked new ideas, brought comfort, or simply made you smile, we’d love to hear what’s been on your reading list.

Your recommendations could be the next great read for someone in our community!

We Want Your Feedback!

We’re always looking for ways to make UCAccess more useful, engaging and relevant to you.

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts in our short survey — your feedback will help us improve the content, format and overall experience of the newsletter.

Thank you!

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The Latest Urgent Updates

Urgent Updates are curated highlights of guidelines, reviewed by (and some directly coming from) Urgent Care clinicians. These highlights represent the actual intent of these articles and how they relate to the practice of Urgent Care medicine.

Webinars, Podcasts and Education

Solutions.Webinar | Reducing Diagnostic Uncertainty: Rapid, Evidence-Based Antibiotic Stewardship in Outpatient Care - Sponsored by Lumos Diagnostics

Thursday, January 8 | 11:00 a.m. CT

Join Dr. Brian Bobb, Senior Medical Officer at WellStreet Urgent Care, and Annie Bell, PA-C, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Lumos Diagnostics. Dr. Bobb brings frontline leadership experience from a large, high-volume urgent care network, while Annie oversees clinical affairs for FebriDx®, the point-of-care diagnostic manufactured by Lumos Diagnostics. Together, they will discuss how FebriDx®—a rapid (results after 10 minutes) point-of-care test using a simple fingerstick blood sample—supports clearer, evidence-based decision-making, with real-world insights from WellStreet’s implementation.

Learning Objectives:

Review evidence-based best practices for antibiotic stewardship during respiratory season.
Understand how rapid diagnostics improve clinical clarity and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.
Examine a real-world case study of FebriDx implementation at WellStreet Urgent Care, including workflow considerations and provider insights.

2025 Award Winners Webinar Series: Innovation & Leadership in Urgent Care

Five award-winning leaders.
Five powerful 20-minute sessions.
One inspiring on-demand series.

Watch now to hear how Urgent Care’s top innovators are shaping the future — from clinical excellence to crisis leadership.

Free for UCA Members | $35 for Non-Members