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Walgreen goes into work-site clinic business
Pharmacy giant Walgreen Co. has said that it will buy two companies that operate work-site health centers, creating a new division to manage health centers and pharmacies at large companies.... Read more...
More pluses than minuses in eventful week for retail clinics
So, it looks like retail clinic news has been a matter of two steps forward, one step back. For example, Cigna has just announced that it would pay for care delivered at another retail clinic chain,... Read more...
Errors encouraged by fast pharmacy pace
A new investigation by USA Today suggests that corporate policies for retail pharmacies such as Walgreens and CVS--which together fill almost one-third of all U.S. prescriptions--could promote errors... Read more...
Start-up closes 23 Wal-Mart retail clinics
Heavily in debt and unable to pay its medical staff or vendors, start-up retail clinic operator CheckUps has closed down 23 clinics operating in Wal-Marts. The clinics were based in Florida and three... Read more...
Study: Retail clinics at about 1,000 in U.S.
A new study of U.S. retail clinics has found that there are about 1,000 in operation in the U.S. at present. The study, by Verispan, listed a total of 921 clinics currently open today. According to... Read more...
Retail clinic models will solidify
Though they've made big progress, retail/convenient clinic operators... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: ED visits rising among seniors; FL pilot-tests Medicaid EMR; and much more...
> Emergency department visits by seniors are on the rise, especially among African-Americans. Article > Florida is pilot-testing... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Heparin overdose at Cedars-Sinai; Health Net loses CN contract; and much more...
> A group of patients, including two infants born to actor Dennis Quaid, are recovering from a substantial heparin overdose administered earlier this month at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Groups sue for Hillary task for info; Alabama creating centralized trauma network; and much more...
> An activist group has sued to get its hands on records from the healthcare task force led by then-first lady Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Walgreens expanding retail clinics in FL; Dayton hospitals align; and much more...
> Walgreens will open 14 retail clinics in South Florida by early December, and it expects to roll out 400 more nationwide in 2008. Read more...
