Kootenai | Kootenai Health | Issue 4, 2019

By Stacie Jones High fever. Injured limb. Stomach pain. Patients can seek immediate treatment for these ailments and other minor illnesses and injuries at Kootenai Urgent Care, now owned and operated by Kootenai Health. The July 1 acquisition of Kootenai Urgent Care and its three centers in Coeur d’Alene, Hayden and Post Falls follows an eight-year joint venture between Kootenai Health and North Idaho Family Physicians to provide urgent care services to the community. With the acquisition, Kootenai Urgent Care has joined the Kootenai Care Network, a clinically integrated network of Kootenai Clinic and independent providers. “This acquisition enhances our ability to deliver seamless care and advances the work we are doing around population health. It helps ensure our community has access to quality care across the continuum,” said Patricia Richesin, president of the Kootenai Care Network. An Urgent Matter Kootenai Health Acquires Kootenai Urgent Care Patients can visit the urgent care centers without an appointment and receive immediate medical care for a broad range of illnesses and injuries that are not life- threatening—from sprains and minor fractures to cuts, sore throats, earaches and urinary tract infections. Each of the three urgent care centers is staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants trained to evaluate and treat minor injuries and illnesses. The centers are open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Kootenai Urgent Care is affiliated with Kootenai Occupational Medicine, which was also part of the acquisition. Located at 1112 W. Ironwood Drive in Coeur d’Alene, the occupational medicine clinic provides care for on-the-job injuries, employment physicals and drug testing. For life’s little emergencies: Learn more about Kootenai Urgent Care at kootenaiurgentcare.com . 14