Jun 29, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 29, 2010) – Solantic walk-in urgent care, the state’s largest and fastest-growing provider of urgent care, workers’ comp and occupational health services, has opened its newest center in the bustling east Seminole County city of Winter Springs.
Located at 5355 Red Bug Lake Road, a highly traveled thoroughfare for east Seminole County residents, the 3,200-square-foot center brings the total number of Central Florida Solantic walk-in urgent care centers to 10 and is the first in the market to offer wireless internet access. This is the 34th Solantic center statewide.
“We’re always looking to provide locations and services that offer convenient access and enhance our customers’ experience,” said Solantic CEO Karen Bowling. “This center is well-placed to meet the needs of the many residents of Winter Springs, the neighboring city of Oviedo and those who work at or attend the University of Central Florida. Plus, the availability of free wireless internet access should appeal to the tech-savvy residents of the university corridor region.”
Center hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends. Appointments are never needed, and Solantic offers the added convenience of online registration, in which patients can request a call or text message when the doctor is ready to see them, or can call ahead to be placed in the patient queue in advance of their arrival.
In addition to call-ahead and online registration options, Solantic offers: $5 prescriptions for patients, on-site digital x-rays and lab services; separate kids’ waiting rooms; flat-screen televisions in exam rooms; and a Three-Day Feel Better Guarantee. For locations and to read more about Solantic’s urgent care, workers’ comp and occupational health services, visit www.solantic.com.
May 06, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – (May 6, 2010) - Solantic walk-in urgent care today announced the launch of a mini-website optimized for mobile phone devices.
The site was designed with mobile phone users in mind and offers user-friendly layouts; a listing of the company’s urgent care, wellness and workers’ comp/occupational health services; urgent care prices; insurances accepted; and information regarding Solantic’s urgent care locations in North Florida, North Central Florida, Central Florida, the Treasure Coast and South Florida. The application also includes click-through links to Google maps to assist users in locating the nearest Solantic center.
The site can be accessed by any phone that has web-browsing capability.
“Based on our experience, we know that many prospective patients are in a mobile environment when seeking urgent care,” said Karen Bowling, Solantic CEO. “With the launch of this technology platform, we are ensuring that patients have access to relevant information during their time of need.”
Mobile phone users can access the site at m.solantic.com
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Mar 26, 2010
Solantic’s newest urgent care center is open for business at 4498 Hendricks Avenue at the San Jose Boulevard split in the Miramar neighborhood. It’s our first urgent care clinic to open since Solantic joined Baptist Health, Northeast Florida’s largest hospital system, in January.
The new Hendricks Avenue Solantic urgent care center offers immediate healthcare services for sudden illnesses or unexpected injuries including workers’ comp injuries and sports injuries. The clinic, housed in remodeled former convenience store, also offers a range of non-urgent healthcare and medical services such as wellness screenings, blood work, X-rays, pre-op physicals, drug screenings, immunizations, DOE physicals, insurance physicals, school and sports physicals, blood pressure tests, cholesterol screening, occupational medicine and OSHA respiratory physicals.
Our Hendricks urgent care clinic is high tech not just terms of our state-of-the-art medical equipment, but in comfort features including three large flat-screen televisions in our waiting and examination rooms for patients to watch while they wait to see one of our board-certified physicians; a children’s area to keep little ones playfully occupied; and a computer monitor that allows patients to check their wait times. Patients also can register online and receive a text message on their cell phones when it’s time for their exam. This allows patients to choose whether to wait in our waiting room, outside or at a nearby location.
Soon, all North Florida Solantic urgent care clinics will be known as Solantic Baptist Urgent Care. The new partnership with Baptist Health means patients now have access to the hospital system that includes five hospitals and more than 40 primary care centers located throughout Northeast Florida if follow-up care is needed. Founded in 2001, Solantic Walk-In Urgent Care has grown to 31 urgent care centers throughout Florida, employing upwards of 530 employees. Twelve Solantic urgent care centers are located in the Northeast Florida region and a 13th is slated to open at the corner of Beach and Hodges boulevards in May.
Feb 12, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2010) - Solantic walk-in urgent care, Florida’s fastest-growing provider of urgent care, wellness and employer health services, today announced it is offering $5 prescriptions to its patients whose conditions require prescribed medications.
Solantic’s 30 centers throughout the state of Florida have on premises almost 50 commonly prescribed medications ranging from Amoxicillin and Azithromycin (commonly known as Z-Pack) to Claritin and Prilosec.
“We are always exploring ways to provide even more convenience to our patients and enhance the overall Solantic experience,” explained Solantic CEO Karen Bowling. “Through economies of scale, we have been able to reduce the cost of our medications and want to pass those savings on to our patients.”
Jan 19, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 14, 2010) – Two of the most recognized health care leaders in Northeast Florida are uniting to offer urgent care patients a broader continuum of care for their medical needs.
Solantic walk-in urgent care and Baptist Health of Northeast Florida today announced their agreement to form an integrated, co-branded urgent care network in the greater Jacksonville area. The partnership will include all nine of the existing Solantic urgent care centers in North Florida, which will be jointly owned 50/50 by Solantic and Baptist, but will continue to be managed and staffed by Solantic.
The centers will be renamed Solantic Baptist Urgent Care in April 2010, once integration efforts are complete. Baptist and Solantic intend to grow the urgent care network, with three additional Jacksonville locations planned this year.
As it is the mission of both organizations to provide patients with access to quality, affordable health care, the joint venture is an important step in providing citizens of the Northeast Florida community an enhanced patient experience by offering even more access to continuity of care.
“Urgent care is a dimension of healthcare delivery that Baptist considers important to include as part of our comprehensive community health system,” said Hugh Greene, Baptist President and CEO. “As we have studied urgent care and considered many strategies for how to most effectively offer this service to the community, Solantic has emerged as the natural choice. Solantic is distinguished by the fact that board-certified physicians staff each of its centers. In addition, its high level of patient satisfaction is one of many indicators that Karen Bowling and her team have built a highly effective and successful model for urgent care.”
“While the services we offer are different, Solantic and Baptist Health’s mission and values are very similar,” said Karen Bowling, CEO of Solantic. “Baptist has long maintained an outstanding reputation for its commitment to the community and to its patients. I cannot think of a better partner for Solantic and look forward to what we will be able to accomplish together.”
The partnership will allow Baptist and Solantic to create a more integrated network that connects urgent care to the broader resources of a comprehensive health system.
“We intend to make it easy for Solantic patients who need follow-up care to leave the urgent care center with an appointment to a primary care or similarly appropriate physician in their hands,” Greene said. “In essence, while always honoring the patient’s choice, we will seek to make the referral process an effortless and seamless one for the patient. Our collective vision is to help more people manage their ongoing health needs.”
“This partnership will allow us to coordinate care and focus on ways to reduce the costs of healthcare for the benefit of the patients,” Bowling added. “Additionally, we expect Baptist Health will be very helpful in educating patients about when to use urgent care, as a recent study conducted by our company indicated some people are still confused about the services provided at urgent care centers as well as when urgent care is appropriate.”
Solantic’s current North Florida market coverage includes locations in Arlington, Mandarin, Neptune Beach, Northside, Orange Park, Southside, St. Augustine, Westside and Yulee (inside WalMart). A tenth center will open in the Miramar Plaza in San Marco March 25 and a Beaches and Hodges center in May.
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About Solantic
Since its founding in 2001, Solantic has been a leader in applying retail concepts to the practice of urgent care medicine. Referred to in the media as the “Starbucks of healthcare,” Solantic was the first to post its simplified, three-tiered pricing on large menu boards in centers, display wait times on queue monitors, offer online registration, Solantic gift cards and a guarantee on its services—if you don’t feel better, return to Solantic and be treated for free.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Solantic is the fastest growing urgent care company in Florida, currently operating 30 centers, with aggressive plans to expand in 2010 through hospital joint ventures and franchising with physicians.
In addition to urgent care, Solantic also provides workers comp’ and occupational medicine and a range of lab services, immunizations, physicals, wellness testing and prescriptions on-site. Centers are staffed by board-certified physicians and are open seven days a week, with extended evening and weekend hours. For additional information visit www.solantic.com.
About Baptist
Baptist Health is a faith-based, mission-driven system comprised of Baptist Medical Center Downtown and Baptist Heart Hospital; Baptist Medical Center Beaches; Baptist Medical Center Nassau; Baptist Medical Center South; and Wolfson Children’s Hospital – Jacksonville’s only children’s hospital.
All Baptist Health hospitals, along with Baptist Home Health Care, have achieved Magnet(TM) status, an international quality designation that recognizes excellence in patient care. Baptist Health also includes cardiology and cardiovascular surgery services; a comprehensive cancer center; orthopaedic institute; women’s resource center; neurosciences, including neurosurgery and two Joint Commission-certified stroke centers; a full range of psychology and psychiatry services; outpatient facilities; urgent care services and a network of primary care physicians’ offices throughout Northeast Florida.
Baptist Health is the official healthcare provider for the Jacksonville Jaguars. For more information, visit www.e-baptisthealth.com. For information on Wolfson Children’s Hospital, visit www.wolfsonchildrens.org.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Mary Green
Director, Communications/Public Relations
Solantic
marygreen@solantic.com
Office: 904.312.5374
Cindy Hamilton
Director, Corporate Communications/Public Relations
Baptist Health
Cindy.Hamilton@bmcjax.com
Office: 904.202.4907
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