Becker's Healthcare October 12, 2021
Katie Adams

Over the past few years, retail giants have been pushing their way into healthcare by offering consumers alternative places to receive primary care. Here are seven details about how these companies are expanding their clinical services:

Walmart

  1. Walmart has opened 20 primary care clinics in Texas, Georgia and Illinois within the last two years. More than 230,000 patients have visited the clinics.
  2. The retail giant is seeking to expand its clinics to more states, with plans to open seven locations in Florida.
  3. Walmart said it will deploy Epic’s EHR across its health centers. It will first be rolled out in four Walmart Health Centers opening in Florida in early 2022.

Walgreens

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