Wal-Mart will open in-store medical clinics under its own brand name and plans 400 walk-in, in-store clinics with Wal-Mart brand name by 2010.
Wal-Mart joins CVS, Target and Walgreens in offering quick service for routine conditions ranging from colds and bladder infections to sunburn care.
Staffed by nurse practitioners or physician assistants, it’s expected that there will be more than 1,500 locations by the end of 2008, up from about 800 in November of 2007. In some cases, local hospital systems will be involved in these cobranded walk-in clinics. These relationships will assist in consulting and record keeping and should raise the confidence level of trust among visitors.
Form a life insurance perspective here at 1stQuote, it will be interesting to see if and how assorted life insurance company underwriting departments deal with requesting medical records from these assorted providers.
