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June 18, 2013
Report: The Little Clinic to expand footprint with six new locations

Kroger is looking to open six additional Little Clinic locations within its stores in Ohio this summer and plans to expand its relationship with Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center, according to a local news report.

June 13, 2013
Meningitis awareness campaign highlights importance of vaccination

Voices of Meningitis, a public health initiative of the National Association of School Nurses, in collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, has announced the launch of Get in the Game: Keeping Teens Healthy, a new program to help educate parents on the danger and prevention of meningococcal disease.

June 12, 2013
Study: Retail clinics to double, save $800M annually by 2015

The number of U.S. retail health clinics is projected to double by 2015 because of the increasing demand of newly insured patients under healthcare reform, according to new a report released on Wednesday by Accenture ACN at the annual America's Health Insurance Plans Institute 2013 in Las Vegas.

June 11, 2013
Convenient care clinics, NPs and PAs take center stage at RCEC 2013

The importance of convenient care clinics within the U.S. healthcare system, along with the nurse practitioners and physician assistants who work in them, rang loud and clear at the sixth annual Retail Clinician Education Congress held in May.

June 11, 2013
Malone wins lifetime achievement award

Beverly Malone, CEO for the National League for Nursing, is not only among the country’s most vocal leaders in the national conversation about the nurse educator shortage and the role of nursing in ensuring access to safe, quality and culturally competent care to diverse patient populations. She is also the 2013 winner of the Loretta Ford CARE Lifetime Achievement Award.

June 11, 2013
Transforming nursing ed to meet new clinical demands

Eager to embark on ways to strengthen the relationship between graduate nursing education and nursing practice in emerging models of care delivery, a select group of leaders in both graduate nursing education and nursing practice came together during RCEC 2013 to partake in a historic roundtable discussion.

June 5, 2013
American Association of Nurse Practitioners commends new legislation for improving healthcare access

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners on Wednesday commended Gov. Brian Sandoval and Nevada lawmakers for passage of Assembly Bill 170, which provides Nevada patients with full and direct access to nurse practitioner services by right-sizing state regulations.

June 4, 2013
Survey: Employees not prepared to take greater control of health care

American workers are not prepared to take greater control of their health care in light of healthcare reform and rising healthcare costs, according to recent research.

May 20, 2013
Take Care Health System makes donation to help further NP education

Take Care Health Systems, which is owned by Walgreens, has made a “founder’s gift” of $100,000 to the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Foundation to help further nurse practitioner education by supporting the Foundation’s Scholarship and Grant Fund.

May 15, 2013
CEO/Leadership Panel, CARE awards among highlights at this year's RCEC

Among the highlights of this year’s Retail Clinician Education Congress, currently taking place here in Las Vegas, was a CEO/Leadership Panel and the Clinician Awards for Excellence.

May 15, 2013
Leaders in graduate nursing education, nursing practice gather for 'historic' roundtable during RCEC

A select group of leaders in graduate nursing education and nursing practice came together Wednesday during the 2013 Retail Clinician Education Congress to participate in a historic roundtable discussion on strengthening the relationship between practice and graduate nursing education in emerging models of care delivery.

May 15, 2013
Walgreens, NONPF partner in nurse practitioner education

Walgreens Take Care Health Systems and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties are sponsoring a new program to support the clinical education of nurse practitioners, the two announced.

May 14, 2013
Convenient care health professionals gather for 2013 RCEC

Healthcare professionals working within the growing field of convenient care convened Tuesday for the sixth annual Retail Clinician Education Congress, a three-day educational and networking forum that is accredited for both nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

May 6, 2013
Sam's Club offers skin, weight, stress screenings

Sam's Club is offering free skin and weight screenings during the weekend, the club retailer said Monday.

April 24, 2013
The Foundation for Health Smart Consumers' Inspire Program to launch at RCEC

The Foundation for Health Smart Consumers has announced a major expansion of its smoking cessation initiative through the Inspire Program, which will launch at the annual Retail Clinician Education Congress held in May in Las Vegas.

April 21, 2013
Game on: Clinics & chronic care

This month Walgreens announced that it would begin to offer chronic care services at its Take Care Clinics. Its biggest competitor, MinuteClinic, made a similar announcement about a year ago. With full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the people paying the bills are going to get a good look at what retail clinics can do to lower costs and improve outcomes.

April 18, 2013
Physician-authored article sees 'freeing' nurses as one answer to healthcare crisis

“It’s time to unlock the gates to the primary care club” and allow nurse practitioners to practice to the full extent of their education and training. That was a key message of a physician-authored article in Slate magazine.

April 15, 2013
Executive Session agenda set for 2013 RCEC

The Convenient Care Association and Drug Store News have announced the agenda for the Executive and Health Systems Leadership Colloquium for this year’s Retail Clinician Education Congress, which will be held in May in Las Vegas.

April 15, 2013
HealthSpot to showcase telehealth technology at CES on the Hill event

HealthSpot, a provider of telehealth technology, has been asked to present at the Consumer Electronics Association 2013 CES on the Hill, the company has announced.

April 15, 2013
Register for RCEC and be entered for chance to win an iPad mini

Win an iPad mini while earning CE at the 2013 Retail Clinician Education Congress? Yes!

April 12, 2013
CME credit for physician assistants approved for 2013 RCEC

The Physician Assistant Review Panel has granted its approval for CME credit for physician assistants at the upcoming 2013 Retail Clinician Education Congress.

April 10, 2013
Kalorama survey: Retail clinic patients satisfied with service

Patients who use retail-based health clinics are satisfied with their visit, according to the findings of a new Kalorama Information report.

April 9, 2013
S.C. health and human services director tours MinuteClinic location

A MinuteClinic location at a CVS store in downtown Columbia, S.C., got a visit from one of the state's top health officials recently.

April 4, 2013
Take Care Clinics expand scope of health services

Take Care Health, which is owned by Walgreens, has announced it is expanding the scope of services within its Take Care Clinics to include chronic condition management and additional preventive health offerings.

April 4, 2013
The Economist: Expect major growth, competition for retail clinics, urgent care and telehealth

Retail-based health clinics, urgent care clinics, telehealth and traditional physicians may be increasingly competing to serve the healthcare needs of Americans but the real winner is the patient, suggests a recent article in The Economist.

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