JUCM

What JUCM does

JUCM (The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine) is a private, peer-reviewed scholarly journal founded in 2006 that serves as the official publication of the Urgent Care Association (UCA), the College of Urgent Care Medicine (CUCM), and the Urgent Care College of Physicians (UCCOP). It is described as the only peer-reviewed, scholarly urgent care journal in the world, publishing 11 issues per year (monthly with a combined July/August issue) plus an annual Urgent Care Buyers Guide in September. The journal distributes clinical articles, case reports, original research, and practice management content to over 42,000 qualified clinicians, business, and administrative professionals working in U.S. urgent care centers.

The product portfolio is built on a digital content platform with PDF archives dating back to October 2006. Core offerings include a free digital edition for qualified urgent care staff, a $50/year individual print subscription, and a $105/year institutional library subscription. The platform features "Ask JUCM," an AI-powered search tool that compiles answers from the journal's full content library in response to clinical, practice management, and research queries. Continuing medical education (CME) activities are delivered through an integration with the Master Clinicians platform, and an annual Urgent Care Buyers Guide provides product and service listings for urgent care operators.

The business model combines subscription revenue (freemium digital + paid print), advertising (via a dedicated Advertise section on jucm.com), CME services through Master Clinicians, and membership benefit economics tied to UCA membership. Distribution is single-country domestic (United States), relying on UCA conventions, bi-weekly email newsletters, social media presence on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn, and the official UCA website for promotion. The journal is privately held with no disclosed parent company, no funding rounds, and a small operational footprint (1-10 employees, headquartered in Mahwah, New Jersey).

Name

JUCM

Legal name

The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Website

https://jucm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

JUCM is the only peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to urgent care medicine, serving as the official publication of the Urgent Care Association. Founded in 2006, it distributes clinical and practice management content to over 42,000 U.S. urgent care clinicians and administrators via free digital access, paid print subscriptions, an AI-powered search tool, and CME integration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Publishing

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

Keywords

• Urgent care medicine
• Peer-reviewed journal
• Medical publishing
• Practice management
• Continuing medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

Mahwah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Print Subscriptions: Paid print subscriptions mailed to subscribers, including full access to PDF digital archives. Individual annual subscription costs $50; institutional library subscriptions cost $105 per year.
2. Digital Subscriptions: Free digital edition available to qualified clinicians and staff in urgent care centers, providing PDF versions of the journal and access to archives back to October 2006.
3. Advertising: The journal accepts advertising, with a dedicated Advertise section on the website.
4. CME Activity: Continuing medical education (CME) activities available through the Master Clinicians platform for JUCM subscribers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

JUCM is a peer-reviewed medical journal serving the urgent care industry, published 11 times per year with clinical and practice management articles. It distributes content through a free digital edition for qualified urgent care professionals (with archives back to October 2006), paid print subscriptions for individuals and institutions, an annual Urgent Care Buyers Guide, CME activities, and an AI-powered search tool called Ask JUCM.

Product overview

The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine (JUCM) is a peer-reviewed medical journal serving as the official publication of the Urgent Care Association (UCA). The journal is published 11 times per year and provides clinical and practice management content for urgent care clinicians, business professionals, and administrators. JUCM offers multiple access formats: a free digital edition for qualified urgent care center staff with archives dating back to October 2006, and a paid print edition subscription ($50/year personal, $105/year institutional). The portfolio also includes an annual Urgent Care Buyers Guide (September), an AI-powered search tool called 'Ask JUCM' for querying the journal library, and CME activities through Master Clinicians. JUCM reaches over 42,000 qualified clinicians and staff nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Journal of Urgent Care Medicine (JUCM) Peer-reviewed medical journal published 11 times per year containing clinical and practice management articles for clinicians and business professionals in urgent care facilities.
• JUCM Digital Edition Free digital PDF subscription with access to all JUCM PDF archives back to October 2006, available to qualified clinicians and staff at urgent care centers.
• JUCM Print Edition Paid print subscription mailed within the US with full access to JUCM PDF digital editions. Annual personal subscription costs $50; institutional library subscriptions cost $105 per year.
• Urgent Care Buyers Guide Annual buyer's guide published in September, featuring product and service listings for urgent care operators, distributed with the September edition.
• JUCM CME Activity Continuing medical education activities available through the Master Clinicians website for urgent care professionals who are JUCM subscribers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reach of 42,000+ urgent care professionals nationwide

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Urgent Care Association (UCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJUCM is the official journal/publication of the Urgent Care Association, providing peer-reviewed content that serves the UCA's mission to advance urgent care medicine. The journal is distributed at UCA conventions and promoted through UCA membership channels.
• College of Urgent Care Medicine (CUCM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCUCM is one of the professional organizations supported by JUCM content. The journal serves as a platform for CUCM members to access and contribute to peer-reviewed urgent care research and education.
• Urgent Care College of Physicians (UCCOP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCCOP is a professional organization for urgent care physicians. JUCM serves as the scholarly publication supporting the professional development and education of UCCOP members.
• Master ClinicianssupportingTechnology or IntegrationCME activities for JUCM subscribers are delivered through the Master Clinicians platform, integrating continuing medical education with journal content access.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Springer Healthcare: Medical communications and publishing arm of Springer Nature; adjacent as a professional medical publisher and CME/education provider serving clinician audiences.

Broad incumbents

• MedPage Today: Broad clinician-facing medical news outlet covering multiple specialties including urgent care; competes for digital readership and pharma/medical device advertising budgets.
• Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott: Major medical publisher producing journals, clinical decision tools, and learning products; competes for both subscription revenue and CME/licensing partnerships across healthcare professional markets.
• JAMA Network: Family of peer-reviewed medical journals from the American Medical Association; large incumbent that competes for high-quality original research submissions and institutional library subscriptions.
• Elsevier Health (ClinicalKey, specialty journals): Global medical publisher with peer-reviewed journals and clinical reference platforms; comparable as a large-scale scientific publisher with adjacent content categories.

Direct peers

• ACEP Now: Official publication of the American College of Emergency Physicians; mirrors JUCM's model as an official specialty society journal with a clinician subscriber base and society distribution channels. Closest direct analog to JUCM's UCA-affiliated journal model.
• The American Journal of Emergency Medicine: Peer-reviewed clinical journal covering emergency and urgent care topics; a directly comparable scholarly publication serving overlapping clinician segments.
• Annals of Emergency Medicine: Peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier on behalf of ACEP; competes for clinical readership and original research submissions in the adjacent emergency medicine space that overlaps substantially with urgent care.
• EB Medicine (Emergency Medicine Practice): Subscription-based peer-reviewed clinical publication and CME provider for emergency and urgent care clinicians; comparable in monetization model (paid subscriptions + CME) and target audience.

Emerging players

• Healio Urgent Care: Digital clinical news and content platform with dedicated urgent care coverage; competes for clinician attention and digital ad spend in the same niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thejucm
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/The-Journal-of-Urgent-Care-Medicine-JUCM/480236215365401
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jucm-journal-of-urgent-care-medicine

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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