Walgreens is strongly focused on creating neighborhood health destinations around a more modern pharmacy
Walmart is continuing its pursuit to duplicate its successful strategy of providing healthcare to employees
….“Heal CEO and co-founder Nick Desai has previously spoken derisively about the limitations of the growing telemedicine model in building stronger patient-physician relationships. So it might be somewhat surprising that the company is now unveiling Heal Telemedicine, a telehealth feature meant for the company’s returning patients….We believe the combination of real time monitoring, plus house […]
Health systems are increasingly investing in express care strategies to expand their reach deeper into their communities as well as cut costs. Health systems are seeking to connect with the patient at all levels of care and are creating their own urgent care centers and often affiliating themselves with retail clinics. Urgent care centers can […]
Insurers-Hospitals Face Cost Structure Change Insurance fundamentals (risk) that supersede the ACA are driving changes seen in coverage, and at a more rapid pace each year, resulting from ACA impacts. One of those changes has been a significant increase in the use of alternate sites of care (ASOCs) due to medical policy changes driven by […]
Why CVS Recent Deals Change the Specialty Landscape – Following a similar path as in the late 1990’s with long term care pharmacy, specialty pharmacy has matured enough to undergo consolidation and roll-up into larger healthcare entities. Specialty represents a small distribution volume in the retail pharmacy space but also results in the greatest profit […]
Baylor Scott & White Health is positioning the organization to grow in a changing market of healthcare delivery. To shift the organization requires a culture change and a major initiative Baylor Scott & White Health is expanding its Texas Care Alliance from two hospitals to nine, sharing data and best practices among care facilities that […]
Walgreens latest collaboration is with CHE Trinity Health. The collaborative model enables retail clinic collaborations, outpatient pharmacy services and expanded prescription and disease management programs that can help improve people’s health while increasing consumers’ access and lowering overall healthcare costs. Walgreens pharmacists and Healthcare Clinic nurse practitioners will work with CHE Trinity Health providers to […]