Retail healthcare continues to expand, raising questions about how much of a threat such clinics pose to traditional and independent primary care practices.
Clinics providing same-day urgent care and other basic medical services have proliferated in recent years, drawing the attention of major retailers.
As the model has begun to mature, the MinuteClinic franchise run by CVS has announced an expansion into Target, following the sale of Target’s in-house pharmacy franchise to CVS, and the retail giant Walmart has begun a pilot with QuadMed.
