Workplace & Retail Clinic Bulletin June 2017 | ||
"Some estimates show that, by preventing health risk escalation and thus downstream utilization, retail clinics can reduce total healthcare spend by a few hundred dollars per patient. Long-term savings could therefore outweigh the $14 per person cost that this study shows can result from increased retail clinic utilization to manage low-acuity conditions." -Emily Zuehlke, research consultant, The Advisory Board Company |
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"60 percent of [millennials managing chronic conditions] are very interested in new healthcare formats that may require out-of-pocket payments such as retail clinics, home visits by a doctor and same-day appointments." Source: Healthcare IT News |
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Kaiser Permanente and Bartell Drugs Add New CareClinic in Gig Harbor Kaiser Permanente Press Release, June 15, 2017 Retail clinic pros and cons: Impact on healthcare spending Modern Medicine, June 8, 2017 Alternatives to treatment in a hospital ER Consumer Affairs, June 7, 2017 Cigna and CVS Health Launch Cigna Health Works BusinessWire, June 6, 2017 New RediClinic.com Offers Faster, Easier Access to High-Quality Convenient Care BusinessWire, June 6, 2017 |
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Retail health clinics' convenience should not fragment care American Medical Association Blog, June 13, 2017 Healthcare costs a concern across all generations new survey finds Healthcare IT News, June 13, 2017 |
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