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Rite Aid opened 23 clinics in 2015, earned $30 billion as Walgreens takeover nears

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The results are just the latest example of how retail healthcare is growing as a real competitor for traditional healthcare providers.

Retail Clinics Increase Medical Spending, Research Shows

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Retail Health Clinic at Walgreens

By creating a new demand for previously unmet medical services, retail clinics are driving up medical spending, a study from RAND Corporation and Harvard University concludes. But one of the nation’s largest retail clinic chains, MinuteClinic, refutes the findings.

CVS Health Posts Strong Retail, Omnicare Outlook

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Minute Clinic

CEO Larry Merlo is upbeat about the growth potential for walk-in clinics and as a consequence of its acquisition of OmniCare last summer, sees “opportunities across the spectrum in skilled nursing, assisted living, and the independent living spaces.”

CHRISTUS Health, Velocity Care Form JV in AR, LA

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Velocity Care

The joint venture intensifies the Dallas health system’s push into retail urgent care and freestanding emergency departments. CHRISTUS is bringing the consumer-friendly tactics of retail operations into its acute-care hospitals.

Number of U.S. Retail Health Clinics Will Surpass 2,800 by 2017, Accenture Forecasts

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“As more retail clinics shift from cost centers to profit centers, they will be better able to deliver stand-alone profits with greater certainty, so the implications for retailers and healthcare value chain players will be significant,” Ficery said.

Walgreens announces expansion of MDLive access and its Connect app launch

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Walgreens announces expansion of MDLive access and its Connect app launch

Walgreens

Digital health initiatives continue to emerge from Walgreens. This morning, vice president of digital health Adam Pellegrini said its collaboration with MDLive for its telehealth apphad added 20 states for a total of 25 as of today.