Practice Tips

In surveys that ask people to assess their own health, large majorities of respondents routinely rate their condition as robust. But do they feel they’re getting healthier, getting less healthy or staying as is? That’s one of the questions addressed in a report issued last month by the federal government’s National Center for Health Statistics.

Faculty research fellowships aimed at benefiting community pharmacy practices.

Medical Marts, a Las Vegas-based in-store clinic operator, closed more than a dozen clinics in the last month in Illinois, Missouri, Virginia and Utah, including several facilities at Shopko stores and Meijer supercenter locations, reportedly because its bankrollers pulled out.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Supermarket pharmacies already using the fraud, waste, and abuse training program offered by National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation and LearnSomething, Inc. can also use the program to satisfy training requirements in the new Medicare Part D regulation.

SAN DIEGO -- Pathway Alliance, a group of solution providers servicing the consumer direct healthcare market, this week joined in-store health clinic trade group the Convenient Care Association (CCA) as an associate member, and will participate on the CCA's corporate advisory board.

SAN DIEGO -- Pathway Alliance, a group of solution providers servicing the consumer direct healthcare market, this week joined in-store health clinic trade group the Convenient Care Association (CCA) as an associate member, and will participate on the CCA's corporate advisory board.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Regardless of the skeptical and in some cases negative stance some health plans and physicians have taken on these clinics, shoppers are responding favorably to in-store health clinics, according to research released yesterday by HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care market intelligence.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Dahl's Food Stores based here is adding walk-in medical clinics to three of its 12 stores.