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Browse by topic All Topics In The News Intellivisit AI Press Release Research UCP Consulting ![UCPMM Press Release](https://www.ucpmm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/press_release_v3.png?width=800&length=800&name=press_release_v3.png) - Press Release ## [UCP Merchant Medicine Supports College of Urgent Care Medicine’s Call for a Broader Approach to Urgent Care Productivity](https://www.ucpmm.com/thought-leadership/ucp-merchant-medicine-supports-college-of-urgent-care-medicines-call-for-a-broader-approach-to-urgent-care-productivity) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 22, 2026). UCP Merchant Medicine, the leading provider of consulting... 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Read More ![](https://www.ucpmm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Modern%20Urgent%20Care%20Examination%20Room%20with%20Tympanometer%20and%20Child.png?width=800&length=800&name=Modern%20Urgent%20Care%20Examination%20Room%20with%20Tympanometer%20and%20Child.png) - Press Release | - Research | - Intellivisit AI ## [The 30-Second Test for Ear Infections That Pays for Itself: New Urgent Care Study Uses Intellivisit Data to Validate the Case for Tympanometry](https://www.ucpmm.com/thought-leadership/the-30-second-test-for-ear-infections-that-pays-for-itself-new-urgent-care-study-uses-intellivisit-data-to-validate-the-case-for-tympanometry) Analysis of nearly 141,000 real Urgent Care visits finds an objective ear test would help about 1... 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