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Walmart retail clinics give local hospitals a way to expand
Local hospitals or hospital systems are extending their reach by agreeing to run retail clinics at Walmarts (NYSE: WMT) in their communities. Compared to competitors like Target , Walmart has been
Wal-Mart sued for limiting medical care for injured workers
A potentially costly class-action lawsuit accuses Wal-Mart of conspiring to limit medical care for injured employees in a bid to save money, according to The Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit alleges
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,
Chopra takes health IT efficiency message to Silicon Valley
We know that federal CTO Aneesh Chopra is an advocate of using health IT to improve quality of care and save money, but now he's taking his message outside the healthcare arena. At the Web 2.0 Summit
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
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
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.
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
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
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
