At ClearChoice MD, we’re on a mission to provide exceptional urgent care for our communities while supporting our outstanding team members. Our staff spotlights are an opportunity to introduce you to the providers and clinical staff who make our mission of excellent care a reality. In this spotlight, we focus on Daniel Joseph, PA. Meet Daniel Joseph, PA Daniel has provided exceptional care to our patients in Vermont for three years. When not seeing patients, he can be found enjoying life in Vermont. His hobbies include fishing, hiking, traveling, backpacking, working on his farm, and spendin ..read more

At ClearChoice MD, we are on a mission to provide exceptional care to the communities we serve. Our providers and staff members provide excellent care and do so with compassion and dedication. Our staff spotlights enable us to introduce our outstanding staff. This spotlight focuses on Brandy Hall, Nurse Practitioner and Lead Provider. Meet Brandy Hall, NP Brandy earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Rivier University in New Hampshire and became certified as a family nurse practitioner (FNP). She practiced as an NP for four years before joining ClearChoice MD, where she has cared for p ..read more

At ClearChoiceMD, our mission is to provide our communities affordable, compassionate, exceptional patient care. After practicing emergency medicine for over 20 years, ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care’s founder, President and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marcus Hampers saw an abundance of overcrowding in the emergency room for non-life-threatening illness and injury. With this observation, he saw an opportunity to offer affordable, high-quality care in an alternative setting. As a result, ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care opened its first center located in Berlin, VT in 2014 and as of 2021 has grown to inclu ..read more

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has overwhelmed hospitals over the past few months. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says cases may have finally peaked in New England and other parts of the country. That’s good news, but it’s not time to let your guard down yet. RSV is still out there, plus influenza is rampant across the United States, and the CDC is monitoring an uptick in COVID-19 cases as well. All three respiratory viruses are highly contagious and share many of the same symptoms making it difficult to tell the viruses apart. In the second in our series of blogs on r ..read more

News of a possible tridemic – or tripledemic – has dominated the news in recent weeks. Pediatric units across the country are faced with an alarming surge of children hospitalized with respiratory synctyial virus, more commonly known as RSV, and influenza. This surge comes as COVID-19 cases are starting to rise as well. So, how do you stay healthy with so many germs circulating? To answer that question, it’s important to understand the role the immune system plays. Your immune system is responsible for defending your body against infection and disease. It fights everything from cold and flu vi ..read more

Influenza is already circulating in parts of the country making now the best time to get your flu shot. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, flu season has been relatively mild, but the reprieve may be over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns of a potentially severe flu season ahead. Flu experts look to the Southern Hemisphere to predict what will happen in the Northern Hemisphere. Australia just had one of its worst flu seasons in years. And, here in the United States, influenza is already spreading across parts of the country. In a typical year, the CDC estimates ..read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 476,000 people across the country contract Lyme disease each year. The Northeast has had some of the highest incidences of Lyme in the U.S. in recent years, and that trend is likely to continue as tick season begins earlier and earlier due to warmer winters. Lyme disease is spread by the bite of the blacklegged tick, commonly known as deer ticks.  Many people who contract Lyme disease never see a tick, a tick bite, or the “bulls-eye” rash most commonly associated with the disease. They may just feel the symptoms o ..read more

New collaboration includes a future ClearChoiceMD walk-in center in Nashua to improve access to high-quality, accessible urgent care while supporting continuity and coordination across providers. Nashua, New Hampshire – ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care and St. Joseph Hospital announced they had entered a new clinical affiliation. The partnership promotes collaboration and coordination across healthcare settings to ensure greater continuity of care for patients in the greater Nashua region. “We are creating a new integrated care option for patients in the Nashua community to help make high-quality h ..read more

Halloween is upon us, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it is safe to go trick-or-treating this year as long as you take precautions to protect against COVID-19 like wearing a mask, traveling in small groups, and avoiding indoor gatherings. That’s great news, but Halloween can also bring a host of other dangers. It’s important to take steps to prevent accidents while out trick-or-treating. Here are five things you can do to make Halloween night as safe as possible. Avoid costume mishaps – Wear a well-fitting costume. A child may trip and fall going up and downstairs ..read more

Claremont, Manchester, Newington, and Nashua sites are now up and running. New Hampshire – ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care announces it is offering free COVID-19 testing at pop-up sites at select locations through a partnership with the State of New Hampshire. The designated sites offer no-cost PCR testing for SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. “We are proud to work with the State of New Hampshire to provide this important service to our community,” said Joseph E. Sicard, PA-C, Director of Clinical Operations at ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care. “It is important for people to have access to conv ..read more