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<br />&trade; FEBRUARY 2009<br /> VOLUME 3, NUMBER 5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />THE JOURNAL OF URGENT CARE MEDICINE&reg;<br /><br /><br />www.jucm.com | The Official Publication of the Urgent Care Association of America<br />IN THIS ISSUE<br />FEATURES<br />9 Management of<br /> Patients Presenting<br /> with Constipation<br />15 BounceBacks: The Case of<br /> a 28-Year-Old Pregnant<br /> Female with Shortness of Breath<br />27 Urgent Care Update: The Quality<br /> of Care at Urgent Care Centers<br /><br />DEPARTMENTS<br />22 Abstracts in Urgent Care<br />25 Insights in Images:<br /> Clinical Challenge<br />31 Health Law<br />33 Occupational Medicine<br />34 Coding Q&amp;A<br />40 Developing Data<br /><br />A BRAVEHEART PUBLICATION<br />Career Opportunities<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Marketing<br <a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=41">Career OpportunitiesMarketingPract</a> Career OpportunitiesMarketingPract<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=9"></a> <a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=33">HEALTH LAWHow to Say &lsquo;Farewell and Adieu&rsquo;to O</a> HEALTH LAWHow to Say &lsquo;Farewell and Adieu&rsquo;to O<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=24">ABSTRACTS IN URGENT CAREOn Uninsured Patients,</a> ABSTRACTS IN URGENT CAREOn Uninsured Patients,<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=38">URGENT/PRIMARY CARE - Doctor needed for weekend</a> URGENT/PRIMARY CARE - Doctor needed for weekend<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=28">INSIGHTS IN IMAGES: CLINICAL CHALLENGETHE RE</a> INSIGHTS IN IMAGES: CLINICAL CHALLENGETHE RE<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=12">MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH CONSTIPATI</a> MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH CONSTIPATI<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=15">MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH CONSTIPATI</a> MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH CONSTIPATI<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=8">FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORAs We Gather&#9632; L</a> FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORAs We Gather&#9632; L<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=32">THE QUALITY OF CARE AT URGENT CARE CENTERSTa</a> THE QUALITY OF CARE AT URGENT CARE CENTERSTa<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=3">LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEFThe Only Consta</a> LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEFThe Only Consta<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=30">THE QUALITY OF CARE AT URGENT CARE CENTERSTa</a> THE QUALITY OF CARE AT URGENT CARE CENTERSTa<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=42">DEVELOPING DATAInGenaerlryal2H00o8sp, iUtaClA</a> DEVELOPING DATAInGenaerlryal2H00o8sp, iUtaClA<a title="JUCM, The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine February 2009 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47ddfab?page=6">JUCM EDITOR-IN-CHIEFLee A. 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