Keckley Report November 4, 2019
Paul Keckley

Retail health is evolving. It’s more than retail clinics, fitness apps, nutrition and home devices. It’s a platform that has the potential to fundamentally re-shape the entire U.S. healthcare industry.

LAST WEEK’S NEWS CYCLE ILLUSTRATES THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCE OF RETAIL HEALTH

Google acquiring Fitbit: Friday, wearable device company Fitbit Inc. announced it is being acquired by Alphabet Inc.’s Google for approximately $2.1 billion. Apple has 46% of the wearable market: at the end Fitbit is next at 10% with 27.3 million users.

Walgreens repositioning its Clinics: Walgreens announced it will close 157 of its 1100 clinics and add 100 Jenny Craig sites to stores nationwide.

Facebook promotes its Preventive Health App: Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress...

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Topics: Apps, Digital Health, Employer, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Home, Insurance, Medical Devices, Patient / Consumer, Pharma, Provider, Retail care, Retailer, Technology, Trends, Wearables
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