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American Family Care, the nation`s leading provider of accessible primary care, urgent care and occupational medicine is excited to open its first location in Joplin. AFC Joplin is located near Starbucks and Target on Geneva Avenue. American Family Care (AFC), is now open seven days a week, and keep in mind, they are much more than urgent care. AFC offers a comprehensive suite of medical services that save local families time and money. The highly trained medical staff can treat everything from cuts, bruises, and fractures to colds, COVID-19 and flu! AFC Joplin has lab testing center that can run tests and get results fast for flu, COVID-19 and even STD testing. They are equipped to turnaround standard bloodwork within one hour and you do not need to make an appointment first. American Family Care also has x-ray equipment. If your son falls of his skateboard and hurts his arm, AFC can take an x-ray and read results in minutes, you do not need to go to an emergency room and wait. That frees up the ER for more critical cases. At AFC Joplin you do not need to make an appointment and they are open seven days a week. We know families are busy; Mom and Dad both work all day, and it can be hard to get in with your primary provider at the spur of the moment. In most cases, AFC can get a patient in and out in 45 minutes. Patients of all ages, this means your kids, too! American Family Care knows how common it is to pick up a child from day care to discover they suddenly have a cold! Remember, you can swing by AFC Joplin after work. AFC Urgent Care is open until 8 on weeknights -- and can check out your child quickly so that you do not have to wait until the next morning to see a medical provider. A pharmacy is not far from the clinic, so if you need to get prescription, the first dose could be available before you go to sleep!