16 March 2008
Rebuilding the Medical Home: What Walgreens Surely Sees
17/03/08 19:46
The Health Care Blog
by BRIAN KLEPPER
by BRIAN KLEPPER

Though it probably went mostly unnoticed in the cacophony of health care stories, last week's news that Walgreen's had bought the two largest and most well-established worksite clinic firms, iTrax and Whole Health Management, was a harbinger of very big changes in health care. Walgreens, the ubiquitous drugstore company that, with Wal-Mart and CVS, has already leveraged its pharmacy platform to establish a strong footprint in retail clinics, undoubtedly startled many health care observers with its announcement. After all, isn't the company doctor a relic?