Unlocking the potential of retail-health system alliances: Viewpoint
Becker's Healthcare February 13, 2024
Healthcare is facing significant challenges, including rising costs, inconsistent quality and unequal access, but collaboration between retailers and health systems could be a powerful solution to tackle these issues, according to a recent Harvard Business Review article.
The article was written by Robert Huckman, PhD, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School in Boston; Vivian Lee, MD, an executive fellow at Harvard Business School; and Bradley Staats, a professor of operations at Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Retail-healthcare partnerships are continuing to evolve. For example, in 2014, Target collaborated with Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente to launch Kaiser Permanente-staffed retail clinics in Target stores across Southern California. But the full potential of these alliances...