Workplace & Retail Clinic Bulletin

Workplace & Retail Clinic Bulletin December 2016

"One hope for the retail clinics was that they might divert patients from making expensive visits to the emergency department for minor conditions such as bronchitis or urinary tract infections. But we found no evidence that this has been happening."
-Grant Martsolf, policy researcher at the Rand Corp.

"One in four millennials (26%) visited a retail clinic in the last year, primarily for treatments (49%)."

Source: Drug Store News

Nielsen identifies the 3 core shopper groups utilizing retail clinics
Drug Store News, December 9, 2016

Aurora Health Care to Operate Retail Clinics in Wisconsin Walgreens Stores
Yahoo Finance, December 6, 2016

MultiCare expands its retail urgent care network with three more locations
Puget Sound Business Journal, December 6, 2016

Retail Clinics Do Not Equal Lower Health Care Costs
Contemporary Clinic, November 21, 20166

CliniCloud deploys its connected devices in New Jersey retail clinic
Mobi Health News, November 16, 2016

Worksite Health Clinics: Big Bang for the Buck?
Dell Medial School Blog, November 18, 2016

Retail Health Clinics Poised for Growth in 2017
Market Research, November 17, 2016

Retail Health Clinics Do Good Things, But Not What They Were Intended To Do

A new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine finds that having retail health clinics near hospitals does not reduce emergency department visits for minor health problems.

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