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MinuteClinics Open In CVS Stores In Bridgewater, Taunton
The Patriot Ledger :: Quincy, Massachusetts :: October 1, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
Timed to coincide with flu season, two new quick-stop health care centers were to open today in Bridgewater and Taunton. MinuteClinic, a subsidiary of CVS, which bills itself as an operator of retail-based health care centers, opened its third and fourth locations in the state since Sept. 17....
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Take Care Health Systems Extends Presence In Tennessee With Locations In Knoxville And Memphis
Businesswire :: Knoxville, Tennessee :: September 30, 2008
:: Media release - (immediate access)
ake Care Health Systems has opened locations in Knoxville and Memphis, joining the Nashville market which opened in late 2007. A total of 18 Take Care Clinics are now open in the state, including two in Knoxville, four in Memphis and 12 in Nashville.
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Walk-In Clinic To Open Monday
The Kansan :: Newton, Kansas :: September 25, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
A new walk-in medical clinic will open Monday adjacent to Newton Medical Center. The Access Health Clinic will lease space from Newton Medical Center in the Medical Park building....
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Meritcare Retail Clinic Opens In Moorhead
The Forum :: Fargo, North Dakota :: September 25, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
A second retail medical clinic run by Fargo-based MeritCare will open today in Moorhead’s Cash Wise Foods store....The first Fast Track by MeritCare opened at the Osgood Hornbacher’s in December 2006. The southwest Fargo clinic averages four to six visits a day, Fischer said....Fast Track at Cash Wise, 3300 East Highway 10, will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday....
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Retail Clinic Users Lack Personal Doctors
Chicago Tribune :: Chicago, Illinois :: September 25, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
Retail health clinics are attracting patients who are not "routine users of the current health-care system," authors of a new study say. "For these patients, the convenience offered by retail clinics may be more important than the continuity provided by a personal physician," said the study's lead author, Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, a Rand Corp. researcher and professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. ...
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Take Care Health Systems To Offer Flu Vaccinations Nationwide
CBS Marketwatch :: Conshohocken, Pennsylvania :: September 24, 2008
:: Media release - 1 page (immediate access)
Flu vaccinations will be available to consumers at all 237 Take Care Clinics nationwide beginning October 1, Take Care Health Systems announced today. The company, a leading manager of convenient care clinics and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens, will offer the flu shots to patients two years and older. The shots cost $24.99 each at most clinics and are often covered by insurance....
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Sharp Rise In Employee Health Costs In Store For Next Year
Wall Street Journal - Health Blog :: :: September 22, 2008
:: Blog post - 1 page (paid subscription required)
....An increasingly popular method of shifting costs is to create tiers based on where people seek care. For instance, one company is now charging its workers with a certain minor conditions $20 for going to a retail clinic, $50 if they opt for an urgent care clinic and $150 if they go to the ER, a Hewitt consultant told the Health Blog....
at least one other firm is waiving copays for retail clinic visits, with somewhat the same goal in mind.... |
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Pharmacy Opens State's First In-Store Clinic
Boston Globe :: Boston, Massachusetts :: September 18, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (free registration or data entry required)
....The clinic's opening, the first of 28 planned this year in Massachusetts, follows months of controversy surrounding in-store retail clinics in the state in the midst of a shortage of primary-care doctors....Since MinuteClinic got the ball rolling, Walgreens Pharmacy has submitted plans for 15 of its own clinics. Ultimately, MinuteClinic would like to set up 100 sites statewide....
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CVS Opens First Clinic In State Inside Medway Pharmacy
Milford Daily News :: Milford, Massachusetts :: September 18, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
....MinuteClinic, a CVS Caremark Corp. subsidiary, plans to open 27 more clinics statewide before year's end and about 100 overall....
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Mayo Clinic To Open Second Express Care At Hy-Vee South
Rochester Post-Bulletin :: Rochester, Minnesota :: September 15, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
It is all about convenience and access. That's how Mayo Clinic officials explain the success of the Express Care clinic concept. In January, the first Express Care opened near Rochester's Wal-Mart North. Now about 30 to 60 patients a day - and that includes weekends and nights - are seen there and the numbers keep growing, says Dr. David Herman, Mayo's Medical Director of Employee and Community Health....When it opens later this fall, it will be the fifth such clinic to open since 2007....
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Convenient Mall Walk-In Clinics Fill An Unmet Need
Baltimore Sun :: Baltimore, Maryland :: September 13, 2008
:: Column - 1 page (immediate access)
Pam Wahbe and her family have a primary-care physician. But lately they've been skipping the traditional doctor's office for minor ailments and instead using a walk-in clinic at a Towson CVS drugstore.
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Who Gets Medical Care At The Grocery Store?
US News And World Report :: :: September 12, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
There's been a lot of heated debate in the last few years over the retail medical clinics cropping up in supermarkets and drugstores around the country.... What's been missing from all the back and forth about this new model of care and its effect on the healthcare system is any clear picture of who the users are. Thanks to a couple of new studies in the September/October issue of the journal Health Affairs, an interesting profile emerges....
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Which Patients Are Going To Retail Clinics?
Wall Street Journal - Health Blog :: :: September 11, 2008
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There’s been plenty of debate over the walk-in clinics cropping up in drug stores and big-box retailers. But research has been lacking on just who is using those clinics and what they’re being treated for. In a new study that helps fill that gap, researchers pooled data from 1.35 million visits to more than 300 clinics operated by eight different companies. The clinics were in a variety of stores, including Wal-Mart, CVS and Walgreen. Among their findings....
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Retail-Store Medical Clinics Don't Step On Toes Of Primary Care Physicians
Med Page Today :: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania :: September 11, 2008
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Ten common complaints account for nearly all patient visits to retail medical clinics, frequently staffed by nurse practitioners or physician's assistants, that have popped up in stores such as Wal-Mart, researchers here said....Their study, reported in the September/October issue of Health Affairs, also disclosed that 61.3% of retail clinic patients... had no regular primary care physician.
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Study Debunks Theories On Retail Health Clinics
Sacramento Business Journal :: Sacramento, California :: September 11, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
Patients appear to understand that retail health clinics are intended for preventive care and stop-gap treatment for minor injuries and illnesses, according to a new study by RAND Corp. that appeared in the September/October issue of Health Affairs. Only 2.3 percent of retail clinic patients were sent to an emergency room or doctor’s office, the study concluded....
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Intriguing variety of takeaways on the recent Health Affairs articles about retail clinics.... |
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MinuteClinic Opens New Clinics Inside Cvs/Pharmacy Stores
Red Orbit, originated by Datamonitor :: South Carolina :: September 11, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
MinuteClinic, a provider of retail-based healthcare in the US, has opened its first clinics in South Carolina. The healthcare centers will serve patients inside three CVS/pharmacy stores in the Columbia metropolitan area and a fourth CVS location in Simpsonville, in Greenville County....
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Retail Clinics Utilized Mostly For Simple Treatments
Fierce Healthcare :: :: September 11, 2008
:: Article summary - 1 page (immediate access)
So, just who exactly goes to a retail clinic in a Wal-Mart or a Kroger grocery store? According to a study discussed in the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog, patients with easy-to-treat symptoms, that's who....
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Study: Retail Clinics Cost-Effective
Pioneer Press :: Minneapolis, Minnesota :: September 10, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
....While MinuteClinic's storefront locations have always advertised lower prices, some critics have argued they end up increasing overall costs because many patients go to them first but go to their family doctors later for the same problems. Researchers at HealthPartners, a Bloomington-based health insurer and medical provider, sought to prove or disprove such criticisms by looking at the average costs of its members. Instead of just looking at the bill for one visit to a MinuteClinic or a doctor, researchers looked at the total cost of care a patient received for an entire "episode" or individual illness. The result: The total cost of a patient treated at a MinuteClinic for one of five basic illnesses was $51 cheaper on average than a patient treated at urgent care and $55 cheaper than a patient treated by a primary-care doctor. ....
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A Checkup For Retail Medicine
Health Affairs :: :: September 10, 2008
:: Commentary - 1 page (immediate access)
Decades after the advent of fast food, and in a 24/7 age, retail health clinics seemed destined to happen. Offering basic health care in convenient locations—with short waits and attractive prices—they went from a standing start in 2000 to becoming one of the fastest-growing segments of the health care sector....There are two distinct sets of opinions—set forth, one might say, by retail clinic bulls and bears. The bulls point out that more than 3.4 million Americans have already used the approximately 1,000 retail clinics sited in drugstores, grocery chains, and even airports across the United States, according to the Convenient Care Association, a trade group.... The bears, by contrast, think that demand for care outside doctors’ offices has been wildly overestimated and that retail clinics are facing a broader shakeout....
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Retail Clinics Haven't Cut Health Costs, Study Finds
Minneapolis Star-Tribune :: Minneapolis, Minnesota :: September 10, 2008
:: Article - 1 page (immediate access)
...A study published today found prices charged by all providers rose by double digits over the four years tracked, a trend that went against the conventional wisdom that more providers leads to more competition and lower prices....Even if a large number of HealthPartners members switched to retail clinics, the immediate savings would be relatively small, Thygeson said. What tends to happen, he said, is other providers will raise their charges to make up for lost revenue....
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