Shifting patients away from hospital emergency rooms and into retail-based and urgent care walk-in clinics can significantly lower healthcare costs, improve access to care and reduce the impact of such chronic diseases as diabetes and hyperlipidemia, two health benefits experts asserted in a recent online presentation.

Independence Blue Cross announced that it has expanded members' access to care by adding coverage for treatment at urgent care centers and retail clinics, and also has developed a new Web tool to help members locate these facilities.

Patients with a rare, life-threatening genetic immune system disorder can receive treatment for sudden episodes more quickly and cost-effectively at home than if they go to the emergency room, according to a Walgreens Infusion Services study being presented Wednesday at the National Home Infusion Association Annual Conference and Exposition here.

Take Care Health Systems, which is owned by Walgreens, built its retail-based clinics around a...

Looking to help inform consumers on how to best access emergency room alternatives and receive...

Emergency room visits have been -- and continue to be -- on the rise, and...

Retail clinics. Save. Money. Without regard to who’s footing the bill exactly — healthcare payer...