The Rise of McMedicine

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by Dafé,

It is hard to avoid the growth of retail clinics – places where consumers can have routine medical complaints taken care off by a nurse practitioner, and at a lower price and faster than in a traditional physician’s office. Minute Clinic was an early player, opening clinics in urban Target stores, now Medicine Shoppe International Inc. has partnered with MindGent Healthcare Clinics to offer “Classic Care Clinics” in Medicine Shoppe and Medicap Pharmacy stores. Unlike the Minute Clinic model, MindGent Healthcare Clinics will offer local physicians the opportunity to invest in Classic Care Clinics, as well as to participate in a network as a referral physician, enabling them to garner referrals from the retail clinics, and to hire on to provide medical oversight to the clinic’s staffs. Yes, physicians are jumping into the retail clinic game for fear of losing out on the next big trend in consumer oriented healthcare.

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Should We Get Tested For HIV Just Like Blood Pressure Checkup? at MyDocHub Blog - Online Health Community | 20 February 2009, 10:47
[...] checked.” Imagine a friend calling you and openly saying, “hey I am about to stop by the local Mcmedicine for my HIV and blood pressure test, see you in a bit.” I bet health care policy experts would [...]
Walgreens to Buy Duane Reade | MyDocHub Blog - Online Health Community | 17 February 2010, 11:08
[...] Duane Reade has 257 stores located in the New York City metropolitan area, and Walgreens is expected to gain leadership position in the nation’s largest retail and drugstore market. I guess this will expand Walgreens retail clinic called Take Care Clinic and cash on the burgeoning and profitable rise of retail clinics or so-called McMedicine. [...]