Retail Clinics

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Retail Clinics
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The Undeniable Convenience and Reliability of Retail Health Clinics

My wife and I both work. When one of our children wakes up complaining of a sore throat, we could begin a ritual stare-down to determine which of us is going to have to wait for the doctor’s office to open, make the phone call, wait on hold, schedule an appointment (which will inevitably be in the middle of the day), take off work, pick up the child from school, sit in the waiting room (surrounded by other sick children), get the rapid strep test, find out if the child is infected and then go to the pharmacy or back to school, before returning to work.

Or, one of us could just take the child to a retail clinic on the way to work and be done in 30 minutes. Strep throat is incredibly…

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 The Undeniable Convenience and Reliability of Retail Health Clinics

New services that improve access may wind up increasing health care spending. Many people who use retail clinics might be willing to make that trade-off. If physicians want to reclaim that business, they will probably have to offer the same benefits of scheduling and efficiency that retail clinics do. But if we are looking for ways to reduce our national health care spending, retail clinics may not be the prescription we need.

Convenient Care Association

Convenient Care Association is the national trade association of companies and healthcare systems that provide consumers with accessible, affordable, quality healthcare in retail-based locations.

MinuteClinic

Come by when you need us. We'll see you quickly and care for you like you're one of ours. Because health is everything.

Rite Aid Virtual Care

Anywhere RediClinic has elected to close its Texas-area clinics to focus on expanding our convenient telehealth option for our patients. Rite Aid Virtual Care, powered by RediClinic, connects you with a live board-certified clinician through a video visit from the comfort of your home.

Target Clinic

Quality health care for you and your family.

Walmart Health

Wal-Mart is taking an aggressive tack, with in-store branded clinics offering primary health care at a price competitors may find hard to match.

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