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Retail 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
Retail clinics take more primary care patients
Retail clinics are proliferating rapidly, and are likely to take a significant share of primary care patients in the future, reports the Los Angeles Times. According to a study by the RAND
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
