Walgreens enables app developers to schedule Healthcare Clinic appointments

DEERFIELD, Ill. — The Walgreens API team on Wednesday announced the availability of the Healthcare Clinic Scheduler Application Program Interface, which gives developers the opportunity to enable their mobile applications to allow customers to schedule an appointment at any Walgreens Healthcare Clinic across the United States. 

 

Currently, Walgreens has approximately 400 Healthcare Clinic locations throughout the nation.

 

A Walgreens study released last year found that retail clinics play an increasingly important role for health care delivery across the U.S., as patients are relying more frequently on nurse practitioners at retail clinics to provide chronic and preventive health services. Specifically, the study found the percentage of visits to Healthcare Clinic locations for preventive services, screening and chronic visit utilization (combined) increased from 4% in 2007 to 17% in 2013. Furthermore, return patient visits to Healthcare Clinic climbed from 15% in 2007, to more than 50% in both 2012 and 2013.