http://healthcare-economist.com/2006/05/15/attention-shoppers/ An unbiased look at today's health care issues Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:21:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://healthcare-economist.com/2006/05/15/attention-shoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-27965 Healthcare Economist · The growth of convenience clinics Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:53:12 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2006/05/15/attention-shoppers/#comment-27965 [...] a year ago (”Attention Shoppers“), this blog noted the rapid expansion of walk-in health clinics staffed by nurse [...] [...] a year ago (”Attention Shoppers“), this blog noted the rapid expansion of walk-in health clinics staffed by nurse [...]

]]> http://healthcare-economist.com/2006/05/15/attention-shoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Who’s Driving This Thing?! » Blog Archive » Behind The Wheel 1 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:59:13 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/2006/05/15/attention-shoppers/#comment-191 [...] As the art and practice of medicine opens up to free market forces and entrepreneurs, we are going to see new business models replace old ones. The New York Times recently underscored this by covering the rise of retail health clinics, which Kevin, M.D. calls the “Starbucks modelâ€? for urgent and primary care and Healthcare Economist thinks are a “dreamâ€? come true. One of the companies mentioned by the Times is RediClinic, a Revolution Health Group company. Another is MinuteClinic, headed by franchising veterans from the fast food industry [Read more about these clinics at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Kiplinger’s]. [...] [...] As the art and practice of medicine opens up to free market forces and entrepreneurs, we are going to see new business models replace old ones. The New York Times recently underscored this by covering the rise of retail health clinics, which Kevin, M.D. calls the “Starbucks modelâ€? for urgent and primary care and Healthcare Economist thinks are a “dreamâ€? come true. One of the companies mentioned by the Times is RediClinic, a Revolution Health Group company. Another is MinuteClinic, headed by franchising veterans from the fast food industry [Read more about these clinics at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Kiplinger’s]. [...]

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