Fast Company March 8, 2022
The pandemic revealed drastic inequities in healthcare. Brewer knows that urgent care isn’t a long-term solution. Here’s what she’s building instead.
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Walgreens administered 56 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine over the past year. It’s now preparing to make primary care an even bigger part of its overall healthcare strategy. In October, CEO Roz Brewer—who took the helm of parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) in March 2021 after serving as COO of Starbucks for four years—unveiled the new Walgreens Health unit. At the center of the initiative is an expanded partnership...