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NewsRetail health clinics to resurge in 2012
Retail health clinics are poised for an uptick in 2012, according to a new report from research and consulting firm Merchant Medicine. After several years of rapid growth and then slow growth in 2009 Read more...
Retail clinics increase ten-fold, health systems capitalize on trend
With retail clinics increasing ten-fold, more health systems and hospitals are capitalizing on the trend and getting in on the retail movement. Between 2007 and 2009, retail medical clinics at Read more...
Cleveland Clinic, OhioHealth partner with CVS retail clinic
As one possible solution to the national primary care physician shortage, leading health system Cleveland Clinic announced it is partnering with CVS's MinuteClinic in Florida. Cleveland Clinic Read more...
MinuteClinic's Sussman: Despite medical home efforts, a lot of 'medical homelessness'
MinuteClinic has been growing rapidly, with 49 percent growth in 2009 and 22 percent growth in last year alone. FierceHealthcare recently checked in with Dr. Andrew Sussman (pictured), president of Read more...
Walgreens plans to evolve health, wellness efforts
Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) isn't content to be the largest drugstore chain in the U.S. According to comments made at yesterday's annual shareholders meeting, it plans to expand its empire Read more...
Providers, make it easier for patients to find you
For healthcare to run more efficiently in America, consumers need to be better armed with information on where to get the most appropriate care or treatment. But we still haven't connected all the Read more...
Target expanding retail clinic business
Target is adding eight new Target Clinic sites in Chicago and the Palm Beach, Fla., area, bringing its nationwide total to 36, the company retail giant announced last week. In the world of retail Read more...
100 million ED visits could be handled elsewhere
An estimated 17 to 27 percent of all emergency department visits for non-emergency care--or, about 104 million visits--could have occurred elsewhere, according to an article recently published in Read more...
Do retail health clinics complement or compete with primary care providers?
Although retail health clinics are cheap, convenient, and associated with high levels of patient satisfaction, there's still some confusion about their role in the healthcare system. Do those clinics Read more...
Surge in MinuteClinic visits could signal shift in consumer preferences
With MinuteClinic visits up 36 percent in the second quarter, according to Drugstore News, consumers seem to be shifting their demand away from expensive physician offices with limited hours to Read more...
| Press ReleasesNew Target Clinic Locations Open Today in Chicago and the Palm Beach Areapress release Sept. 7, 2010, 8:00 a.m. EDT · Locations offer access to quality, convenient and affordable healthcare MINNEAPOLIS, Sept 07, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today, eight new Read more >> Take 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 >> |
