Healthcare DIVE January 23, 2023
Rebecca Pifer

Dive Brief:

  • Dollar General is piloting mobile clinics at three Tennessee stores in partnership with mobile health provider DocGo.
  • The clinics, which are hosted in vans in store parking lots, offer basic, preventative and urgent care services, along with lab testing. Visits are available for walk-ins and by appointment.
  • The pilot could expand to additional stores, depending on customer response, as Dollar General continues to grow its healthcare products and services targeted at rural communities.

Dive Insight:

Dollar General is the latest player to foray into consumer-focused health clinics, following in the footsteps of drugstores and retailers like CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Amazon, UnitedHealth Group, Kroger and more. The goal of such clinics is to serve as a front...

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