More clinics coming

MMR,  May 7, 2007  

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MORE CLINICS COMING: The director of Wal-Mart's health care business development sector says more than 6,600 in-store medical clinics will open over the next five years in retail outlets across the country. "I think it's an indication of how bullish individuals [chief executives of clinics and retailers] are," senior director of health business development Alicia Ledlie said at a health care retailers convention in Orlando, Fla., last month.

So far, there are 75 clinics in Wal-Mart stores. However, Ledlie says, the company has ended its pilot program and plans a faster roll-out. Wal-Mart says it plans to open as many as 400 in-store clinics in the next two to three years.

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