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Retail clinics provide low-cost, quality care
AARP Bulletin Today :: September 18, 2009
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Looking for affordable health care with proven quality, minimal wait times and high patient satisfaction? Maybe you should head to the store. Retail clinics—small exam rooms in stores like CVS, Rite Aid, Target and Wal-Mart—provide low-cost care that is equal to or better than that received in physicians’ offices, urgent care centers and emergency rooms, according to a care comparison study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine....
We note with interest that as of 9/19 the most popular article at the Doctors & Hospitals page in the Health section of AARP's website is still "Locating a Mini-Clinic Near You" - and has been for months.... |
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A surprise to many, walk-in clinic inside drugstore looks to fill a need
The News-Herald :: Willoughby, OH :: September 17, 2009
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Retired Mentor police officer Noah Thomas has a new hero. It’s nurse practitioner Melissa Telenko. ¶ “If not for her, I might not be here now,” said Thomas, 62. ¶ His blood pressure was dangerously high when Telenko tested it as part of her routine in seeing a patient at the Take Care Clinic in Mentor. So she called a Concord Township doctor who agreed to see Thomas immediately and began treating him. ¶ Telenko is one of three nurse practitioners at the Take Care Clinic inside Walgreens, 9400 Mentor Ave. The clinics are a wholly owned subsidiary of the drug store chain. "I worked for Mentor Police Department for 20 years and have lived around here even longer but never knew that clinic existed," said Thomas, who lives in Concord....
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Officer Thomas has explained "why Healthcare 311?" better than we ever could.... |
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New walk-in clinic opens
Gainesville Sun :: Gainesville, FL :: September 16, 2009
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....Partners Solantic and Shands have opened a 4,300-square-foot facility in the Ayers Medical Plaza that offers urgent care on a walk-in basis. Positioned just north of Shands AGH, the new Solantic urgent-care center will be open for extended hours and weekends and staffed by board-certified physicians, a company spokeswoman explained Tuesday....
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Finding Hospital Wait Times Online
THV.com :: Eugene, OR :: September 16, 2009
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...A new online system allows [Sacred Heart Medical Center] patients to check the wait times at both Riverbend and the University District before heading out....Sacred Heart says it's one of the only hospitals in Oregon to post its wait times online, all to further increase emergency room efficiency.....
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Study Gives High Marks To Retailers' Clinics
Washington Post :: September 15, 2009
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Walk-in medical clinics run by CVS, Wal-Mart and other retailers provide care for routine illnesses that is as good as, and costs less than, similar care offered in doctors' offices, hospital emergency rooms and urgent care centers, according to a new Rand Corp. study. The cost savings over emergency rooms, in particular, was quite dramatic....
WaPo finally picks up the RAND study story. |
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One remedy to the shortage may be in nurse-run clinics
Philadelphia Business Journal :: Philadelphia, PA :: September 11, 2009
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Nurse-managed health centers are one solution to the growing shortage of family medical practitioners....Across the country, 150,000 advanced practice nurses work primarily in hospitals and physician practices. Another 15,000 staff the health clinics opening inside retail outlets such as pharmacies and supermarkets. ...
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Retail Health Clinics Move to Treat Complex Illnesses, Rankling Doctors
Wall Street Journal :: September 10, 2009
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Retail health clinics are adding treatments for chronic diseases such as asthma to their repertoire, hoping to find steadier revenue, but putting the clinics into greater competition with doctors' groups and hospitals....such moves are raising the ire of physicians' groups that see the in-store clinics as inappropriate venues for treating complex illnesses. In May, the Massachusetts Medical Society urged its members to press insurance companies on co-payments to eliminate any financial incentive to use retail clinics....
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4 Flu Vaccine Doses for Kids This Fall— but Where and When?
US News And World Report :: September 10, 2009
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....The “where and how to vaccinate” question is even more confusing because the two vaccines will be delivered in different tracks. Seasonal flu vaccine is being offered through doctors’ offices, hospitals, and retail clinics, as usual....
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Can Treatment for Chronic Diseases Boost Use of Retail Clinics?
Wall Street Journal - Health Blog :: September 10, 2009
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Health clinics in retail stores like Wal-Mart, Walgreens and CVS are expanding services to treat chronic health conditions, as we’ve written about before, but what’s prompting the expansion? It’s because demand for basic health services in retail settings — like flu shots — has fizzled, according to today’s WSJ....
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Sweetbay offers in-store health clinics
Tampa Tribune :: Tampa, FL :: September 10, 2009
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....Sweetbay launched the wellness center in partnership with USF Health, which oversees the University of South Florida's medical and health-related schools and the USF Physicians Group....Publix Super Markets has been partnering with The Little Clinic since 2006 to offer quick, convenience care walk-in services. The chain operates 42 in-store clinics. Local nurse practitioners also are staffing similar clinics at Walgreens and CVS....
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as of 9/11/09, neither USF Health nor Sweetbay Supermarkets sites have any location/hours information on this clinic (USF Health does post a link to a press release with that information, but does not list the clinic on its page dedicated to "Patient Care Sites") |
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