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NewsRetail clinic market should grow through 2014
As readers of this publication may know, signs suggested that the retail clinic market had leveled out during the last 12 to 18 months. Several chains got in trouble, and in early 2008, a retail... Read more...
Allina, MinuteClinic partner on retail clinics
Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals has partnered with retail clinic operator MinuteClinic in a deal setting up the health system to pull patients in from the pharmacy-based clinic. The agreement is... Read more...
Study: Retail clinics offer quality care for standard illnesses
It appears that retail clinics are succeeding at their primary purpose--providing high-quality care for life's everyday pains--according to a new study appearing in a medical journal. The study... Read more...
Retail clinic growth falling short of expectations
It's beginning to look like the more ambitious projections for the growth of the retail clinics were, uh, a bit ambitious. While some pundits were expecting to see 2,500 retail clinics in operation... Read more...
Trend: Retail clinics expanding range of services
The original retail clinic model largely focused on providing cheap, easy-to-access primary care services--a means for consumers to, say, get that sore throat treated without making an appointment.... Read more...
Study: Retail clinics rare in poorer neighborhoods
In theory, retail clinics are set up to be a bonus for the poor and uninsured, who can use them to get healthcare on the spot at a reasonable price. However, a new study suggests that few retail... Read more...
Trend: Hospitals mounting attack on retail clinic business
For a while, it was beginning to look like the retail clinic phenomenon was peaking or perhaps even petering out, with a handful of clinics even being forced out of business. But maybe the truth is... Read more...
MinuteClinics doing well in Massachusetts
Just yesterday, we told you about CVS Caremark's plans to close 90 of its MinuteClinic retail clinics for their spring off-season. The move, coming from the retail clinic industry's largest player,... Read more...
CVS closes 90 MinuteClinics for season
The country's largest operator of retail clinics has closed 90 clinics for the spring season, a move reflecting not only the pressures brought on by the brutal U.S. recession, but also the continued... Read more...
Cleveland Clinic, MinuteClinic team up
The Cleveland Clinic and Minneapolis-based MinuteClinic are set to team up to provide retail clinics to several CVS stores across northeast Ohio in the coming year according to an article in Modern... Read more...
| Press ReleasesTake Care Health Systems Unveils Aggressive Expansion Plans--Convenient care clinic manager to open in nine new markets; up to 100 more centers planned by the end of calendar 2007 in new and existing markets --Company brings on key health care executives and Read more >> Walgreens Nationwide Flu Shot Program Starts Oct. 1Take Care Health Clinics also offer flu shots in select Walgreens in Chicago, Kansas City, Milwaukee and St. Louis DEERFIELD, Ill., Sept. 20, 2007 – The 14th year of Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) Read more >> CVS/pharmacy Offers Flu Vaccinations in Over 4,000 StoresAnnual Vaccination Program Begins October 1, 2007 WOONSOCKET, R.I., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CVS/pharmacy today announced that it will help keep America healthy this winter by offering flu Read more >> CONVENIENT CARE ASSOCIATION CALLS GOVERNOR RENDELL'SPhiladelphia, PA – January 18, 2007 -- The Convenient Care Association (CCA), the trade organization formed to shape the future of the Convenient Care Industry (CCI), applauds Governor Edward Read more >> MinuteClinic Becomes Participating Provider with Assurant Health MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- MinuteClinic (http://www.minuteclinic.com), the pioneer and largest provider of retail health care in the United States, announced that it has become a Read more >> |
