MedTouch and Paquin Healthcare Companies Announce Special Webinar Focused on Consumer Health Research Online and Retail Healthcare

MedTouch, the leading provider of interactive, web-based solutions for healthcare, joins forces with Paquin Healthcare Companies, the national leader in Retail Healthcare solutions, to explore the emerging market forces of online consumer health research. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct 22, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — MedTouch, the leading provider of...

More Retail Health News: Walgreens Enters CVS Market here in Masssachusetts

From the Boston Globe, Walgreens looks to open retail clinics in Mass: A Take Care spokeswoman, Lauren Tierney, said yesterday that the company expects to open the first of its Bay State clinics in the fall. The company currently operates 173 clinics in 14 states and intends to have 400 running nationwide by the end of the year. Tierney said the...

What if Wal-Mart Ran Your Hospital?

Today, I attended a talk by Alicia Ledlie, Senior Director, Health Business Development of Wal-Mart Stores, about the future of retail clinic care within the largest retailer on the planet. Wal-Mart has already changed healthcare for low-income, underinsured Americans by lowering the cost of generic prescriptions to $4 — and, by extension,...