First Choice Emergency Room Announces 24 Hour Service at Its Location in The Woodlands

The Woodlands, TX (PRWEB) November 01, 2011

First Choice Emergency Room, Texas' largest network of freestanding, no-wait emergency rooms, has announced that its location in The Woodlands will be open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The new hours take effect on Friday, November 11, 2011.

This is the third First Choice ER location to move to 24 hour service, and the second facility in the Houston area to do so.

"We're excited to extend our hours," says Jason Worley, COO for First Choice Emergency Room. "The Woodlands has been a great location for us."

First Choice ER operates twelve free-standing emergency rooms in cities across Texas. While First Choice ER opened its first location over eight years ago, free-standing emergency rooms are still a relatively new concept in medical care.

These facilities can provide an equivalent level of care to that seen in most hospital emergency rooms, but without the overcrowding and long wait times. At the same time, they offer a higher level of care than neighborhood urgent care centers.

All First Choice Emergency Rooms feature advanced diagnostic equipment such as CT scanners and digital X-rays. All of First Choice Emergency Room's physicians are board certified in emergency medicine, and all of the company's nurses are trained in emergency care.

"Each of our locations also performs on-site laboratory tests," says Worley, "Which means we can do blood work and other lab tests right away."

With its new extended hours, residents of The Woodlands can get this care anytime, day or night.

The Woodlands emergency room is located at 10333 Kuykendahl, Suite B, The Woodlands, TX 77382. Contact the facility at (832) 381-1999 or view a YouTube facility tour.

About First Choice Emergency Room

First Choice ER facilities are freestanding, fully equipped emergency rooms. All physicians are board certified in emergency medicine, and all FCER nurses are emergency trained. First Choice ER offers an innovative concept in the delivery of emergency medical services for adult and pediatric emergencies, both major and minor. With seven locations in the Houston area, four in the Dallas/Ft Worth area and one in the Austin area, patients receive high-quality treatment with minimal wait times.

For more information, locations and hours, visit http://www.FCER.com or call toll-free 866-99-FIRST (34778).

Contact: Kristyn Eldridge

P: 972-899-6642

F: 972-899-6665

Email: Kristyn.Eldridge(at)FCER(dot)com

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Over 150 Geospatial Experts to meet in London at Location Intelligence for Enterprise Europe, January 16-17 2012

London (PRWEB UK) 5 November 2011

With its proven ability to increase revenues, reduce costs and improve efficiency, Europes location intelligence industry is growing at rapid speed. Serious investment is starting to be made and geospatial information has become a must-have for enterprises that recognise the importance of making the best-informed strategic decisions for survival in the tough economic climate.

Through applying and integrating location intelligence into their enterprise strategies, Comcast added $ 12million in new revenue through the identification of serviceable customers and British Telecom realized cost saving of $ 41 million over 5 years. Not only this, but MasterCard have reported a return on their investment of 1,152% in the first 6 months of applying location intelligence with their ATM locator.

However, despite the positive predictions, and case studies, the industry is still struggling to communicate the true value which geospatial information holds, and overcoming this barrier is one step which will drive the market in 2012.

Not only is communicating the value of geospatial information a key challenge, but there are still issues with battling interoperability, data standards across spatially enabled infrastructures and achieving strategic objections through location analytics. To top this off, there is a gap of knowledge within the industry for monetizing location data and learning from business case studies to improve future goals.

Location Intelligence for Enterprise Europe conference and exhibition, being held on January 16-17 in London has just been launched to bring companies and industry leaders together to address these issues.

With over 150 senior level executives expected to attend, the conference is Europes only forum which unites the entire geospatial ecosystem focusing on the business dimensions in a fast emerging market to reduce spend and increase growth.

TheWhereBusiness VP of North America & Europe, Naomi Hands explained the reasons behind why the timing of this event is so relevant: There has been an obvious boom within the geospatial market, and location data is something which a lot of companies take for granted. By realising the potential that this information has, the possibilities for huge cuts in spending is something which companies need to be more aware of, especially given the economy at present.

She also commented that by having such an outstanding line up of thought leaders in the industry, there is no better place to find out what needs to be done to drive the geospatial ecosystem forward and overcome the challenges faced within the space at the moment, the timing couldnt be better.

Location Intelligence for Enterprise Europe has attracted a high calibre of speakers, including Google, Jones Lang LaSalle, Willis, Pitney Bowes, eSpatial, OGC, IBM, ESRI, Oracle, Tesco, Integeo, geoCommunica and more.

Registration is now open on the Location Intelligence for Enterprise website, click here for more information: http://www.thewherebusiness.com/locationintelligenceeurope/index.shtml

Contact:

Naomi Hands

VP North America & Europe

TheWhereBusiness

Tel: +44 (0) 207 375 7513

Toll Free: +1 800 814 3456 ext. 7513

naomi(at)thewherebusiness(dot)com

About TheWhereBusiness:

TheWhereBusiness publishes news and events for those involved in the navigation and location ecosystem. Through high-end B2B conferences, we connect people across the industry, provide market leading intelligence and enable companies to capitalise on emerging business opportunities in location-based services, navigation, geo-web, tracking and mobile advertising; basically, anything that involves location, context or maps! Through continuous independent research with hundreds of companies and dedicated journalists, our news portal keeps you one step ahead of an industry in flux, and our events provide key networking forums for the industry.

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