OCTOBER 24, 2011 | DARK DAILY: More Medical Laboratory Testing Expected as Retail Clinics Change Delivery of Routine Healthcare Services
Retail clinics (RC)—often called “rapid clinics”—are growing at a phenomenal rate. At the same time, more hospitals and health systems are deciding to participate in this growing trend, either by owning and operating such retail clinics in their communities or by providing the clinical staff.
OCTOBER 23, 2011 | THE JOURNAL GAZETTE: Steering Away From the ER
FORT WAYNE – Your 9-month-old wakes up screaming and rubbing her left ear on a Saturday morning.
You know she needs a doctor, but the pediatrician’s office is closed and won’t reopen until Monday.
OCTOBER 10, 2011 | TAMPA BAY ONLINE: A Healthy Deal Worth a Spot on Your Shopping List
Top Medicare officials recently released new estimates of the nation's health care expenditures over the rest of the decade: By 2020, annual health spending is projected to increase by more than $2 trillion and consume 20 percent of the U.S. economy.
JULY 28, 2011 | DRUG STORE NEWS: Retail Clinics Continue to Help Healthcare System Evolve
WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT — Just as National Convenient Care Clinic Week gets under way and healthcare professionals gather in Orlando, Fla., to attend the fourth annual Retail Clinician Education Congress, the convenient care industry continues to evolve as MinuteClinic seals the deal on yet another clinical collaboration and a newcomer prepares to open its doors in Pennsylvania.
AUGUST 28, 2011 | USA TODAY: Medical Clinics in Retail Settings are Booming
VIENNA, Va. – One morning last month, when 12-year-old Ashley Sayadian woke with a nasty earache, her mom decided against waiting for an appointment and driving 7 miles to their busy pediatrician's office. Instead, they visited their local drug store's medical clinic.
AUGUST 17, 2011 | SIGNONSANDIEGO.COM: Retail Clinics Offer Health Care Convenience
Increasingly, busy American consumers are getting their health care with the same one-stop-shopping convenience they enjoy at their favorite superstore or mall.
AUGUST 1, 2011 | INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS JOURNAL: Consumers Grow Allergic to Health Care Costs
Lower use of health care by consumers in recent years is unusual, since health care used to be known as a recession-proof industry. But a recent survey by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions suggests that not only are health care consumers price-conscious, they’ve become increasingly so in just the last two years.
May 16, 2011 | AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS: Insurer-Owned Clinics Bid to Offer More Patient Care
It's easy to see why the Food City grocery store in west Phoenix would be an attractive location for an in-store clinic. The store, serving a largely Hispanic population, markets itself as a community gathering place, attracting the large walk-in audience such a clinic needs. In the parking lot, street vendors sell homemade tamales out of their carts. On weekends, a mariachi band plays in front of the CareToday clinic.
May 4, 2011 | NACS ONLINE: Drugstores Offer More at In-Store Clinics
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Drugstores are expanding their health services at in-store clinics to include cholesterol and blood glucose testing, blood pressure screening, vitamin B-12 injections and some vaccines, such as HPV, shingles and whopping cough, Marketing Daily reports.
April 25, 2011 | CNN MONEY: The Future of Your Healthcare
(MONEY Magazine) -- Rising medical costs hobbled General Motors and Chrysler, and they're swallowing up state budgets. The country's long-term financial prognosis is grave largely because of health care entitlements.
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