"Urgent Care" from Quadrant Healthcom.

Medical information publisher Quadrant Healthcom (Parsippany, NJ) has begun the publication of "Urgent Care," a multidisciplinary journal that is the official title of the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine (AAUCM; Orlando, FL), with an October issue. A second issue has been published this month and frequency will increase to ten times a year beginning in January. The journal is being distributed to all AAUCM members as well as other physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

The new title carries peer-reviewed clinical content and practice management advice and education for those urgent care physicians who provide health care to patients who need and want immediate medical attention for non-emergency conditions. The premier issue included articles on: carbon monoxide poisoning, determining when acute chest pain is life-threatening, gastroesophegeal reflux disease, evaluating patients with syncope, optimizing malpractice protection, diagnosis, using electrocardiographs, and radiology.

Quadrant Healthcom President/CEO Stephen Stoneburn noted that the AAUCM anticipates that the urgent care market will double by 2008 and that "we are very excited to be leading the market." Quadrant publishes seven other medical titles, including "The American Journal of Orthopedics," "Cosmetic Dermatology," "Cutis," "Emergency Medicine," "Federal Practitioner," "The Female Patient" and "Physicians' Travel & Meeting Guide."