Managed Healthcare Executive January 17, 2022
Susan Ladika

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In this on-demand society in which people want what they want, when they want it, experts are predicting consumers will continue to turn to retail clinics for their healthcare needs in the coming year.

With millions of Americans having received their COVID-19 vaccinations at retail clinics, “people are getting more familiar” with such clinics and “realize this has a real place in the care continuum,” says Neal Batra, a principal in the life sciences and healthcare practice at Deloitte Consulting. “The industry is convinced you’ll be able to (receive) some portion of your primary care not from a classic doctor’s office,” he adds.

The clinics at drugstores such as CVS,...

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Topics: Patient / Consumer, Primary care, Provider, Retail care, Retailer
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