Harvard Business Review March 1, 2024
They should coordinate their complementary services to help consumers and better address the needs of employers and insurers.
Summary: Health systems are struggling to address the many shortcomings of health care delivery: rapidly growing costs, inconsistent quality, and inadequate and unequal access to primary and other types of care. However, if retailers and health systems were to form strong partnerships, they could play a major role in addressing these megachallenges.
While some partnerships do exist, they are rare and have only scratched the surface of their potential. Rather than focusing on the direct-to-consumer model that retailers have largely employed, the partnerships should offer much broader care.
Drawing on real-world examples, the authors outline four key actions that retailers and health...
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