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Case to rule on pharmacy's liability in prescription drug abuse
A historic lawsuit pending before the Nevada Supreme Court may be the first case in the U.S. to address whether pharmacies can be held liable when a customer causes a fatal car accident. In 2004,... 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...
Target joins coalition behind employer healthcare mandate
When we first read that Wal-Mart was throwing its weight behind adding mandatory medical insurance requirements to health reform, we we were skeptical about its motives. After all, Wal-Mart is so... 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...
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...
SPOTLIGHT: NY pharmacies translate prescription drug instructions
Soon, many people who speak a variety of languages other than English will be able to read prescription drug labels in their native tongue. New York-based Target, Wal-Mart, Costco, Duane Reade and A... Read more...
Bill for MA's subsidized employee health coverage $794M in 2008
Massachusetts continues to serve as a laboratory of sorts for health reform that could help other state and federal programs learn from what works and what doesn't. Yesterday, the Massachusetts... Read more...
Wal-Mart will market electronic medical records system
You know something's a commodity when the big W gets involved--so I guess EMRs have officially arrived. Wal-Mart Stores has set its sights on the scorching-hot market for electronic health records,... Read more...
Retail pharmacies' generic price war draws customers
Generics are generally a high-profit area, but lately retail pharmacies have been pretty aggressive in lowering their generic prices. Each pharmacy is trying to undercut their competitors and draw... Read more...
Walgreens plans 100 more retail clinics by mid-2009
Over the last few years, retail clinic chains have been jockeying for position, trying to figure out if they had a sustainable business model on their hands. More recently, the industry has gone... Read more...
