Modern air conditioning was born. This drawing, the result of Willis Carrier's groundbreaking design, was submitted to Sackett & Wilhelms on July 17, 1902, and provided the basis for the invention that would change the world, the first modern air-conditioning system.
Definition of Urgent Care Medicine. Urgent Care Medicine (UCM) is the provision of immediate medical service offering outpatient care for the treatment of acute and chronic illness and injury. It requires a broad and comprehensive fund of knowledge to provide such care.
The New England Health Institute said 56% of emergency room visits were âtotally avoidable.â It didnât say how much of the remaining 44% could have been treated at urgent care centers, but several studies suggest many of these cases could have been handled in urgent care.