March 20, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Bartell Drugs, CareClinic, CareClinic by Kaiser Permanente, in-store clinics, John Lewis, Kaiser Permanente, Michael Erickson, retail clinic
Featured Articles, Pharmacy, Retail News
SEATTLE — Bartell Drugs and health care and benefits provider Kaiser Permanente have opened the first of five CareClinic in-store clinics planned for this year. The Seattle-area drug chain said a CareClinic by Kaiser Permanente location opened Monday at 21615 Pacific Highway South in Des Moines, Wash. The new clinic will provide preventive health care
March 20, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Bruce Carlson, in-store clinics, Kalorama Information, retail clinic, retail health clinics
CDR Blog
In recent years, physician groups have knocked the growth of retail health clinics as an encroachment on their turf. But health care market researcher Kalorama Information says that’s not necessarily the case. Consumers who have visited a retail clinic in the past year are much more apt to have seen a physician in that time
February 13, 2017 by Andrew Mandzy and Chain Drug Review
Andrew Mandzy, health and wellness, in-store clinics, Nielsen, retail clinic consumer, retail clinics
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Retail competition continues to be fierce. According to Nielsen’s forecast, dollar sales are projected to grow only 0.9% in 2017, meaning that retailers will continue to fight each other over a pie that isn’t growing as much as they’d like. Therefore, they need to differentiate themselves from their competitors and gain more loyalty from their
February 6, 2017 by Brian Bossetta
Accenture, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Harris Poll, in-store clinics, Maureen Sullivan, Nielsen, retail clinic growth, retail health clinics
2017, Issue 02-06-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, News
NEW YORK — Findings from a pair of studies reveal positive trends for retail health clinics. A recent Harris Poll for Nielsen on patients visiting in-store clinics might hold vital information for retailers focusing on health and wellness, and a study conducted by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) found retail health clinic visits
April 28, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
Bruce Carlson, in-store clinics, Kalorama Information, Retail Clinics 2015
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
NEW YORK — The convenience of in-store clinics may lead consumers to go to a doctor’s office less when they need primary health care, according to Kalorama Information’s “Retail Clinics 2015” report. The health care market researcher said Tuesday that of 2,000 adults surveyed, 53.5% said they were visiting the physician’s office less because of the presence of a