Monthly Archives: June 2010

Convenient Care Association / Driving forces / Lisa Loscalzo / Retail Clinician / Retail clinics / Tine Hansen-Turton — Comments Off
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Jun 10

You Know You Have A Movement When…

…you have a week for it.

The Convenient Care Association, with The Drug Store News Group/Retail Clinician magazine announced that the week of August 2nd – 6th is henceforth to be known as National Convenient Care Week, conveniently falling the same week as The Drug Store News Group/Retail Clinician magazine’s annual Retail Clinician Education Congress.

Clinic openings and closings / MinuteClinic / Take Care Health / Target / The Little Clinic / Walmart — Comments Off
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Jun 10

Target Plans More Clinics

While there’s been a ripple of new-clinic-opening activity by Walmart and regional hospitals over the past several months, the “majors” (outside of The Little Clinic) have been fairly quiet, tweaking hours and service offerings here & there. (We think of the majors as MinuteClinic, Take Care Health, The Little Clinic, RediClinic, Walmart, and Target – major in terms of their pre-established retail presence and/or the fanfare with which they entered the retail clinics business.)

So it’s of some note that Target announced in yesterday’s Chain Drug Review that they would open eight new clinics in September 2010. CDR’s Russell Redman announced that Target would open three stores in Palm Beach FL and five in Chicago.

Clinic openings and closings / Driving forces — Comments Off
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Jun 10

Regional 911 Tests Health System Triage

Louisville KY Metro Emergency Medical Services is testing a simple idea with large potential: screen 911 calls for cases requiring clinical support, then, if indicated, route callers to treatment appropriate for their situation.

Here’s the story in USA Today (6/1/10)

No direct mention of use of retail clinics in the Louisville KY area, but we can imagine situations in which they might be brought to bear.