Minute Clinic update...
Retail medical clinics are taking off nationally, with about 400 in drugstores, discount chains, and supermarkets in other states. If Massachusetts officials approve the plan, the CVS medical clinics would be the first store-based clinics in the state .
Company executives said they would open the first clinic in a CVS at 474 Washington St. in Weymouth; they would not disclose the other planned locations.
MinuteClinic now has 145 locations in CVS pharmacies, Targets, and other stores in 18 states. He said the company analyzed demographics and access to care in the Boston market before developing its plan. The region has a large number of families with two working parents, which may indicate a strong need for quick care, Howe said. The retail clinics also can provide extra business for CVS when patients fill prescriptions in the stores and buy other merchandise.
Source: CVS seeks to open clinics in its stores - The Boston Globe
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