The role of retail clinics in population health

Looking ahead, retail health clinics and patient-centered medical homes will work in concert to help with population health and chronic disease management, Peter Goldbach, M.D., chief medical officer of RediClinic and Health Dialog, said in an interview with HealthITAnalytics. In particular, the convenience and location of retail health clinics allow them to interact with patients, which ultimately means they are in a "unique position" to help manage population health, he said. These statements back up earlier comments from Nancy Gagliano, M.D., senior vice president of CVS Caremark and chief medical officer for CVS MinuteClinic, asserting that the healthcare industry should view retail health as part of the solution to current problems in healthcare. Read the full article from FierceHealthcare