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April 7 at 7:34 a.m.
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Filed under: Health care, Retail

Advocate to partner with CVS MinuteClinics in Ill.

By Bruce Japsen

A nurse practitioner checks a patient at the Minute Clinic on N. Southport in Chicago. (Nuccio DiNuzzo /Chicago Tribune)

Advocate Health Care, the state’s largest provider of medical care, has signed with CVS Caremark Corp. to provide medical directors and related clinical expertise to the pharmacy giant’s nearly two dozen retail clinics in Illinois.

The agreement calls for CVS’ 23 MinuteClinic brand clinics in the Chicago area and Bloomington, and Advocate, which operates 10 hospitals in Illinois, to work together on a variety of protocols in a more robust relationship between the traditional provider of inpatient and outpatient medical care and a retail clinic. Financial terms were not disclosed. Get the full story »

Sep. 1, 2010 at 7:17 a.m.
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Filed under: Health care, Retail

Target adding 5 in-store clinics in Chicago

By Bruce Japsen

Target will open five retail health clinics in the area next week. (Phil Velasquez/ Tribune)

Target Corp., renewing its push into retail medicine, will open five clinics in Chicago area stores, giving a boost to a form of health care delivery that has seen slower growth amid the economic downturn.

Like its rivals, Target’s clinics will be open seven days a week with no appointment needed. They treat patients for routine illnesses and injuries such as ear and sinus infections, skin treatments and certain vaccinations. Get the full story »