Walgreens Boots Alliance, the merged drugstore and health retailer, is rolling out a new mobile app. The latest app goes beyond facilitating Rx refills and a pharmacist chat to enable shoppers to consult with a doctor virtually via smartphone. (MDLive, a telehealth provider, is Walgreens' partner.) Already tested in California and Michigan, the app will […]
BioScrip, recently announced the completion of its acquisition of CarePoint Partners. With 30 years of infusion therapy expertise, BioScrip's coverage area encompasses 46 states, including 40 specialty infusion pharmacies, and 33 nursing locations. The BioScrip and CarePoint consolidation will provide home infusion services to over 100,000 patients annually.The home infusion industry has experienced healthy growth […]
© Webking | Stock Free Images Walgreens and its Take Care Clinic is taking another step into the primary care doctor’s space. The network of retail store clinics will “expand its health care services to include diagnosing and treating patients for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes and high cholesterol.” Nurse practitioners teamed with physician assistants will […]
Urgent care chain, Physicians Immediate Care (PIC), is now better equipped to increase its Midwest presence thanks to new investors LLR Partners, Wellpoint and former Walgreen's executive, Stanley Blaylock. Investor and new PIC President & CEO, Mr. Blaylock, expects the chain to grow from its current 20 clinics to over 100 in the next six […]
