Healthcare 2015: Why Millennials Avoid Seeing Doctors And What This Means For Rising Healthcare Costs

http://www.ibtimes.com/healthcare-2015-why-millennials-avoid-seeing-doctors-what-means-rising-healthcare-2065473

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Millennials tend to lead healthy lives, but they also put off seeing doctors and use healthcare in ways that are markedly different from previous generations.

 

Walgreens To Open New Clinics Staffed, Owned By Hospital Partners

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2015/08/20/walgreens-to-open-new-clinics-staffed-owned-by-hospital-partners/

In a new twist on its retail health clinic model, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) says it will open up to 25 new retail clinics in Oregon and Washington states that will be owned and operated by a Seattle-based health system. The collaboration calls for Walgreens’ partner, Providence Health & Services, a large hospital operator in the Seattle and Portland areas, to own and operate the clinics inside Walgreen drugstores throughout the northwestern U.S. states.

CVS says MinuteClinics hit 25 million visits as walk-in service takes hold

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/cvs-says-minuteclinics-hit-25-million-visits-walk-service-takes-hold?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRogu6vJZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4HScJkI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Image from <a href="http://www.cvshealth.com/newsroom/media-gallery/minuteclinic-3">CVS Health</a>.

CVS is planning to open more than 100 new clinics this year and could surpass 1,500 locations by 2017.