“Our Take Care Nurse Practitioners have provided high-quality, affordable and convenient health care to more than 600,000 patients nationwide since our first clinic opened in November 2005,” said Peter Miller, Take Care Health Systems’ President and CEO. “Take Care Clinics have been well-received across the country and we believe that the residents of Louisville will also find great value in our patient-focused model of care.”
Take Care Health Systems, one of the largest managers of convenient care clinics and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens, has expanded into Indiana for the first time by opening four Take Care Clinics at Walgreens drugstores in the Indianapolis area. The clinics are walk-in, professional health care centers open seven days a week with extended evening and weekend hours.
“We are very excited to bring Take Care Clinics to Indiana for the first time,” said Peter Miller, Take Care Health Systems’ President and CEO. “Take Care Health Providers have treated more than 600,000 patients since our first clinic opened in November 2005, with exceedingly high patient satisfaction ratings, and we believe that the people of Indianapolis will also find value in our high-quality, convenient and affordable model of care.”
Two Walgreen Drug Stores in Topeka are now offering access to health care.
Take Care Health Systems, one of the largest managers of convenient care clinics and a wholly owned subsidiary of Walgreens, opened two Take Care Clinics in the company’s Topeka stores Monday.
Some people and businesses are open to the concept. Others aren’t as happy.
The two locations are inside the Walgreens at 2901 S.E. California Ave. and 2121 S.W. Fairlawn.
The clinics are walk-in, health care centers run by Take Care nurse practitioners and physician assistants, a Take Care Health Systems news release states.
John White was running a low fever, his sinuses and ears felt full and he was tired, so he walked into a Bradenton medical clinic.
Valerie Fortunato asked a series of questions about his medical history, then performed an examination including checking his ears, eyes and throat, and listening to his lungs and heart.
In about 30 minutes, White left with a diagnosis of a sinus infection and prescriptions for antibiotics, antihistamine and a nasal steroid.
Fortunato is an advanced registered nurse practitioner, and her clinic is a gray-walled box inside a Publix supermarket.
Welcome to another facet of the future of medicine.
When retail clinics promised to be the next big thing in medical care, everyone from start-ups to national retailers opened their own versions of the walk-in clinics.
Often little more than a kiosk in a pharmacy, the clinics are staffed by a nurse practitioner treating simple ailments such as strep throat.
Now the building boom is leveling off, with several high-profile players closing outlets around the country. Those in the industry say it was simply supply outstripping demand, with too many clinics opening too quickly.
The industry, started eight years ago in Minnesota with a MinuteClinic precursor, is going through a mini shakeout.