Forbes July 29, 2019
Bruce Japsen

Rite Aid is partnering with a telehealth company to offer a virtual connection for its customers to clinicians at its in-store retail clinics.

The drugstore chain said Monday it will leverage software from InTouch Health “to power the virtual health program to connect patients to clinicians via RediClinic Express kiosks located inside Rite Aid Stores.”

It’s the latest move by Rite Aid and rival drugstore chains CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Walmart to offer more healthcare services inside their stores and tie technology into making sure patients get better access to treatment in a timely fashion. Rite Aid said patients will be able to speak via a secure “two-way high-definition audio/video connection” to RediClinic clinicians.

“Virtual care is another...

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Topics: Health System / Hospital, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Pharma, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Retail care, Retailer, Technology, Telehealth
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