Apr 04
She’s providing a new kind of convenience for customers who’ve grown used to popping in and out of big-box stores to grab everything from cereal to power tools to new shoes.
Collins is a nurse practitioner, and her little corner of the Towson Target is known as a convenient care clinic, designed to provide quick service for patients with relatively simple medical concerns.
The clinics are a growing phenomenon at retailers including CVS, Wal-Mart and Walgreen’s.
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Mar 11
Minnesota health officials are looking for creative ways to offer the flu vaccine to children all over the state, now that a federal panel is urging the annual shots for all school-aged children.
Next fall flu shot clinics may start popping up in new places, including schools. If everyone the federal panel recommended gets vaccinated, as many as 30 million more Americans would need flu shots next winter.
Despite that, the state Health Department thinks there’ll be enough vaccine to meet the needs. She says the main concern is making flu shots more convenient, so more people get their kids vaccinated.
In addition to schools, that could mean extra walk-in clinics at pediatricians’ offices, and a bigger role for non traditional sites such as MinuteClinic and clinics at Target stores.
Source: WKBT.com
Original Publication Date: March 10, 2008
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