It’s been a tumultuous past couple years for retail health companies —but there are still reasons to believe in the convenient model that retail health offers, said Annie Lamont, managing partner and co-founder of Oak HC/FT.
Healthcare must be more than a transactional experience. The focus must be on relationships, continuity, and coordination.
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
Recent failures in the retail health space beg the question: Is primary care only suited to remain within traditional players? Four healthcare executives shared their responses to this question during a panel at HLTH in Las Vegas.
CVS Health is reportedly exploring a breakup. But some experts aren't sure if this is a good idea.
HLTH 2024, scheduled for October 20-23 at the Venetian Expo Center in Las Vegas, will highlight new programming, a physicians roundtable, generative AI, the shifting landscapes of telemedicine, retail health, women's health, and lots more.
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.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Walgreens’ financial performance is still rocky, but experts agree there is a good chance that CEO Tim Wentworth can lead the company to recovery. To make this happen, Walgreens will have to let go of its retail clinic dreams and focus more on making its core pharmacy business as strong as possible.
Walmart’s decision to shutter its healthcare division reflects just how difficult it is to achieve profitability in the primary care and telehealth markets. Experts think retailers simply aren’t prepared to handle the bevy of challenges that come along with delivering healthcare — but could this news also be a sign of the system being broken?
I didn’t make it to this year’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, so I reached out to leaders from across the industry to hear how it went and learn about their takeaways from the event. This is a list of the nine most interesting responses that I received.
The word has gained greater urgency in recent years as the consumer trend in healthcare has forced payers, providers and all other kinds of healthcare stakeholders to swear by it.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
By prioritizing patient care and adapting our business models to meet the demands of our patients, we can ensure that the telehealth industry continues to provide meaningful and lasting benefits to all those who need it.
With footprints in local communities across the country, retailers have the food, the medicine, the pharmacist and now even the access to local and convenient care consumers need.
At its first investor day since the start of the pandemic, CVS Health detailed plans to open primary care centers and integrate them with its other health services. At the same time, CVS plans to close 900 stores as it focuses on this new strategy.
The company launched a new health division, and has doubled down on its plans to open primary care clinics with VillageMD. It faces big competitors in CVS and Walmart, and it’ll take time to see if its new strategy pays off.
The company will close 300 stores per year starting next spring. As CVS emphasizes health services as part of its strategy, it also plans to change some of its locations into primary care clinics.