Baptist Health invites the community to an open house for Baptist Health Urgent Care-Jacksonville -- its latest investment in providing urgent and family care, as well as wellness services, on a walk-in basis to residents of central Arkansas. Guests are welcome to drop by between 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, to meet the staff and tour the facility.
Baptist Health Urgent Care-Jacksonville, which is located at 1813 T.P. White Drive across Highway 167 from Wal-Mart in Jacksonville, officially opened Jan. 30.
Dr. Chad Sherwood and nurse practitioner Pamela Speed are the primary care providers at the center. Dr. Sherwood currently serves as Urgent Team’s Chief Medical Officer in Arkansas. Speed has more than 25 years of experience in rural healthcare and most recently worked at Sherwood Urgent Care in Searcy, an affiliate of Urgent Team.
The new urgent care center will provide convenient access to care as well as support Baptist Health physicians who seek to provide an after-hours option to their patients. Urgent care is also quicker and less expensive than an emergency room for receiving care for pain or conditions that are nonlife-threatening. With no appointment needed, patients are seen on a walk-in basis for a variety of medical needs.