Fierce Health Technology October 29, 2019
Paige Minemyer

LAS VEGAS – A typical Walmart store offers customers a little bit of everything.

Now the retail giant is bringing that one-stop-shop approach to healthcare.

Walmart Health launched its first clinic earlier this fall in Dallas, Georgia, and the facility—which is attached to a retail store but offers its own entrance—provides patients with primary care, dental care, vision care and psychiatric counseling, alongside health education and wellness programs.

Marcus Osborne, Walmart’s vice president of health transformation, said in a presentation at HLTH on Tuesday afternoon that the company wanted to use its retail knowhow to design a more integrated and consumer-friendly health experience.

By offering a diverse set of services in one location, patients have to opportunity...

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