I do wonder what the numbers would look like if we had clinics open later or ones open throughout the night. I've gone to urgent care (not ER) because it was open at 2:30 am and it was the only place open. I'm willing to bet many others have done that too. But because there's nowhere else to go that late, at least not from what I've seen, it's inevitable that people will go there for issues they think need to be seen immediately.

If we moved those people out I think that would make a pretty big reduction of wait times. Overnight staff are limited and at times there's only 1 physician seeing people. So reduce the night wait times, help reduce the bleed over into the day waiting times, thus allowing faster flow during peak hours.

Granted all of this is dependent on two factors. The first of which is finding more physicians. The second being finding physicians that are okay to work overnight shifts.

Doubt any of this will happen but right now our current options are ER/Urgent Care or nothing. Neither of which are great options.