Sep 11, 2013 | Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Sales and Marketing, Management & Operations
News stories are reporting that Walgreens is participating in ACOs now forming in New Jersey, Florida, and Texas Retail clinics are positioning themselves to play a major role in the delivery of basic primary care services. Consumer and payer acceptance of the “convenience care” model has brought the concept to a tipping point in its potential to shift the way that some basic primary care—and medical laboratory testing—services are delivered. Dark Daily has long predicted that retail clinics...
Jul 1, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Blame it on informed, well-off consumers who pursue wellness and optimum health Informed consumers may be shifting the healthcare paradigm even as Congress prepares to hammer out its vision of a radically-reformed healthcare system. At least that’s the view of one healthcare expert, who observes that the steady growth in the number of consumer home test kits, patient self-testing devices, and point-of-care tests is a major factor enabling this trend. People today increasingly get their...
Dec 30, 2008 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Retail care clinics-typically a nurse practitioner offering fast patient access to a limited number of clinical services in a pharmacy or other type of retail store-are now an accepted part of the provider mix in the United States. At least two studies published by credible organizations consider retail care clinics, also called convenient care clinics, to be an important source of care. One study was released by the Center for Studying Health System Change, based in Washington, DC. Using data...
Sep 15, 2008 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Having jumped feet first into the in-store rapid clinic/minute clinic concept, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is introducing telemedicine services in selected Wal-Mart stores. This may put the company just steps away from an interest in providing appropriate diagnostic tests to customers coming into its in-store medical clinics. This summer, Wal-Mart announced a joint operating agreement with two companies for the purpose of running telemedicine clinics in selected stores. This pilot project...
