WOONSOCKET, R.I. — MinuteClinic has announced a new initiative with the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System to expand access to health care services for veterans in Northern California. Through this initiative, more than 60,000 veterans enrolled in the VA Palo Alto HCS can now be referred to MinuteClinic for acute health
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has rebranded its private label health and wellness products under the CVS Health name. The line of more than 2,500 products spans 19 categories. “The new CVS Health brand further aligns our assortment of high-quality, exclusive products to our company’s health care heritage and purpose of helping people on their
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy said it has become the first major retailer to build in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward since the historic neighborhood was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. With the grand opening of a new CVS drug store at 5000 N. Claiborne Ave., the retailer has once again demonstrated its commitment
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. has hired Mark Tritton as its chief merchandising officer, a role that allows him to determine what appears on store shelves. Tritton will have oversight of the company’s buying, product design and development, sourcing, and store displays. Target hired Tritton after a yearlong search. He succeeds Kathee Tesija, a Target veteran
Several recent reports help illuminate the state of the nation’s health care reform efforts by examining progress under major aspects of the Affordable Care Act. President Obama signed the legislation into law in March 2010 with three overarching objectives — establishing new protections for health care consumers, enhancing access to care, and improving quality while
As a professional who builds and optimizes e-commerce sites for retailers and consumer packaged goods firms, I’m fascinated by logistics and, once ordered, getting products to the customer in the quickest, most efficient way. Most recently, we heard that CVS Health is launching a one-hour curbside pickup wherein the customer doesn’t even have to get
Most consumers today are connected to digital technology through personal computers and, increasingly, mobile devices. They use smartphones more than three hours a day for communication, entertainment and shopping, and their online time and activities are increasing. Our Connected Health Consumer survey focused on finding out how consumers’ use of digital/mobile for general purposes (e.g.,
