Retailers aren’t giving up on healthcare — but they are trying to be more strategic in their efforts to disrupt the space. As these companies re-strategize, experts think they need to center their efforts on building trust and fostering long-term patient engagement.
Consumer research firm Forrester recently predicted major trends that would shape healthcare in 2023. Healthcare stakeholders should prepare for key changes, such as care becoming even more inaccessible for rural patients and additional retail entrants into the clinic space.
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
Alternative care sites — defined as those outside a traditional doctor’s office — could potentially give millions of Americans access to more convenient and equitable healthcare. But that fantasy will only come true if alternative care sites build diverse care teams and prioritize care continuity.
The company says it’s looking beyond traditional retail clinics as it seeks to create “supercenters” with comprehensive healthcare services.
The Equality Health Walk-in Clinic is set to open on April 29 at a Food City location in Phoenix, though there will be additional clinics in other locations where access to quality care is a challenge.
Retail clinics have fulfilled unmet patient needs used to traditional primary care, but haven't lowered emergency-room visits for low-acuity conditions that aren't serious or life-threatening.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Retail clinics have put the profession of nurse practitioner on the map, but now these convenient care clinics are evolving from just a place to go for minor ailments to one where primary care and chronic care can be obtained.
That's the same EHR that primary competitor CVS Health has in its MinuteClinic locations.
Even as telemedicine rivals American Well and Teladoc battle it out in court over intellectual property, CVS Health is bringing those two together with competitor Doctor On Demand to test how retail pharmacies, convenience clinics and direct-to-consumer telehealth companies can widen patient access to physicians.
CVS Health, already the nation's No. 2 pharmacy chain and largest operator of walk-in clinics, is getting larger after agreeing to buy Target Corp.'s pharmacies and clinics for $1.9 billion.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Health systems had better get used to new entrants, particularly telemedicne companies and retail giants like Walmart and Walgreens, in the healthcare sector, bringing with them the ability to offer far more convenience than traditional models. So said Wes Valdes, medical director of Healthcare Transformation Lab and Telehealth Services at Intermountain Healthcare, speaking at IHT’s […]
Retail giants Walmart and Target, and likely others, will continue their steady march into the healthcare setting, sensing an opportunity to leverage their customers with a mix of technology that could be a boon to the digital health space. Speaking at Health 2.0’s WinterTech conference in San Francisco, officials with both companies said the move […]
The so-called “retailization” of healthcare is picking up significant steam, especially after the high-profile announcement from Kaiser Permanente and Target Corp last week, wherein Kaiser will staff four Southern California clinics. That follows a steady push by retail pharmacies like Walgreens, CVS Health and Rite Aid into the primary care setting, and as the trend […]
In perhaps yet another sign of the expanding role of retail healthcare, CVS Health said it is opening a new Digital Innovation Lab in Boston that will serve as a central hub for the Rhode Island-based pharmacy’s digital health team. The Boston center follows the recent launch of a similar hub near CVS Health headquarters […]
In a move that reflects the increasing wave of consumer-driven healthcare, Target Corporation is teaming up with Kaiser Permanente to open four in-store Target Clinics in Southern California, taking a host of services directly to thousands of customers. The clinics opened at Target stores in Vista, San Diego and Fontana, and a fourth clinic will […]