Retail clinics look to boost business

[CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight]

Colleagues,

As reported amednews.com ... Retail clinics, whose growth has failed to live up to their initial hype, are seeing an opportunity to expand, thanks to health system reform...

...The nation's largest retail clinic chain, CVS-owned MinuteClinic, said it could double its locations in five years, while Walgreen-owned Take Care Clinics said it expects to grow as well...

...  "Health care reform is a positive development for retail clinics, because there are about 30
million people who are currently uninsured who will have health care coverage," Andrew Sussman, MD, president of MinuteClinic, said in an e-mailed statement to American Medical News. "Add to that the aging of the population and the shortage of primary care practitioners, and the opportunity for services such as those provided by MinuteClinic has the potential for growth."..

Read on at: http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/05/10/bisa0510.htm

ENJOY!

CC