Content about Health care

June 9, 2010
Deloitte survey: Consumers satisfied with health plans, but concerned about changes

Of the 82% of consumers surveyed who considered themselves "well" or "adequately" insured, nearly all...

June 6, 2010
FMI Health & wellness conference puts all pieces—and players—together

For the more than 260 supermarket executives and suppliers that gathered on May 11 at...

June 6, 2010
Walgreens taps physician as medical chief

In another clear sign of the dramatic revolution under way within retail pharmacy, Walgreens has...

June 6, 2010
Washington Post: Clinics take burden off ER for less

Establishing more retail-based clinics—and investing in such allied professionals as nurse practitioners—could be key to...

May 20, 2010
Retail clinics should join front lines of America's health care

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

May 16, 2010
Healthcare reform to open clinic doors

New healthcare legislation—coupled with the aging U.S. population and a shortage of primary care physicians—will...

May 16, 2010
Rite Aid launches Web consultations

In what might very well represent a glimpse into the future of pharmacy retailing, Rite...

May 13, 2010
Lancaster General Health opens retail health clinics

Lancaster General Health, a regional healthcare system, recently opened two retail clinics at Walmart supercenters...

May 12, 2010
Inaugural FMI Supermarket Health and Wellness puts all the pieces and players together for first time

For the more than 260 supermarket executives and suppliers that gathered here this week at...

May 3, 2010
Consumers unsure of how U.S. healthcare system works, survey finds

Despite widespread media coverage on healthcare reform, political debates and legislative initiatives over the past...

April 8, 2010
Consumers may get more say in their healthcare decisions

Patient-centric healthcare solutions offer a glimpse of what health reform eventually could look like by...

March 25, 2010
Op-ed on healthcare reform calls for expanded role of nurse practitioners in Texas

An opinion piece written for the San Antonio Express-News urges health reform in Texas and...

March 21, 2010
Health reform draws pharma’s support, but alarm from insurance industry

Passage of the mammoth health-reform bill Sunday night by the U.S. House of Representatives is...

March 4, 2010
Take Care to implement Greenway's PrimeSuite in worksite health centers

Greenway Medical Technologies, a provider of electronic health records, ambulatory health care and clinical research...

February 28, 2010
Trained to ‘skate to where the puck will be’

If retail chains could be compared with car engines, Walgreens in recent years has been...

February 11, 2010
Virginia lawmakers move to block plan for mandated health coverage

In an act of defiance against the Obama administration’s plan for healthcare reform, the Virginia...

February 10, 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers projects expansion of retail clinics, offerings

Traditional care delivery models will continue to give way to alternative care delivery models, such...

January 10, 2010
Hannaford provides guide to Healthy Living through quality

A lot has changed since 1883, when Arthur Hannaford started the company that bears his...

January 10, 2010
Safeway forges leadership role in nation’s quest for health reform

By every measure, Safeway is one of the top supermarket and pharmacy chains in the...

January 4, 2010
URAC launches Consumer Education Initiative

The nation’s leading healthcare accreditation and education organization has launched a Consumer Education Initiative, designed...

November 19, 2009
Coalition of pharmacy, health groups urges Congress to address compliance

A whole slew of health policy-makers, health-reform advocates, federal and state lawmakers, budget hawks and...

October 4, 2009
CRN launches collaborative program to educate consumers on dietary supplements

The most significant piece of news to come out of this (outside of the fact...

September 7, 2009
Study finds high-quality, low-cost services at retail-based clinics

Worth repeating: “Researchers reviewed the experiences of 2,100 patients treated in clinics in Minnesota in...

July 30, 2009
MinuteClinic inks deal with American CareSource

MinuteClinic’s partnership with ancillary care network services company American CareSource not only underscores the fact...

July 9, 2009
Take Care: Patients that use workplace primary care, pharmacy services have higher adherence rates

The findings of the Take Care Health Systems’ survey are important as they undoubtedly underscore...

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