DOTmed March 2, 2021
Walmart, which announced in September its intention to open up more clinics, may now be downsizing that number along with plans to expand into imaging and other healthcare services.
Initially planning to build 125 clinics this year as part of its goal to open 4,000 by 2029, the retail giant now plans to open only 22 this year, according to Insider.
“There is less commitment to the strategy,” one Walmart employee close to the healthcare operation, told Insider on the condition of anonymity. “What you have today is an organization that’s playing the waiting game — waiting for a core strategic choice to be made.”
The slowdown was chalked up to leadership changes, competing business priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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