Healthcare IT Today October 1, 2021
John Lynn

When you have 220 million customers and members visit approximately 10,500 locations, you have a lot of opportunities before you. I think this is what Walmart is looking at as they’ve begun opening Walmart clinics. Plus, Walmart also has 2.2 million employees which need healthcare as well. In many cases, Walmart is the largest employer in rural towns and needs to provide the best care possible to their employees. In a lot of ways, it makes sense that Walmart would open medical clinics in their stores. It’s convenient for their customers and their employees.

While we won’t dive into the full Walmart healthcare strategy in this article, needless to say they are making a big investment in healthcare. It’s still...

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