Could Obamacare boost retail health clinics?
The Star Tribune reports on the potential effect of 30 million new insured Americans that could begin shopping for more health care in 2014, as a result of the new health care law. Retail-based health providers like CVS Caremark (which owns the Minnesota-founded Minute Clinic) and Target Corp.’sown Target Clinics could see an influx of new business — though not [...]
MinuteClinic Joins with American Heart Association to Help Americans Reduce High Blood Pressure
As part of an ongoing effort to help Americans reduce high blood pressure, MinuteClinic, the retail health care division of CVS Caremark , is joining with the American Heart Association in a nationwide effort to improve the identification, treatment and management of high blood pressure. According to the American Heart Association, one in three American adults [...]
Take Care Clinics launches mobile appointment-setting app with iTriage
Take Care Health Systems, which is owned by Walgreens, has launched a pilot program offering patients mobile and online appointment scheduling services through consumer healthcare application iTriage. The scheduling functionality now is available in both the Chicago and Denver markets. “Today’s consumers are increasingly turning to their mobile devices to access health care information and [...]
The Little Clinic partners with University of Louisville Physicians
The Little Clinic has announced a collaborative affiliation with the University of Louisville Physicians’ Preventive Cardiology practice, which marks the third affiliation that The Little Clinic has formed with a medical group. The partnership focuses on the management of hypertension for patients currently without a primary care physician. The relationship will create more convenient and [...]
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