CVS Offers Telemedicine Visits for MinuteClinic Patients

I have posted a number of previous notes about the evolution of CVS's walk-inMinuteClinics that, along with urgent care centers, are having a significant impact on the first tier of healthcare (see, for example:Details about CVS' MinuteClinic POCT Strategy). The complexity of the services offered in these walk-in clinics continues to increase. For example, CVS has announced that their MinuteClinics will accommodate more patients with chronic diseases (see:Merged CVS and Aetna Will Move Toward a Community-Based Healthcare Model). Along these same lines, the company is now offering telemedicine (virtual care) visits 24 hours per day in collaboration withTeledoc (see:CVS Health ’s MinuteClinic Introduces New Virtual Care Offering). Below is an excerpt from the article:CVS Health...announced that MinuteClinic, the company ’s retail medical clinic, is rolling out a new virtual health care offering for patients with minor illnesses and injuries, skin conditions and other wellness needs. MinuteClinic Video Visits, a telehealth offering, will provide patients with access to health care services 24 hours a day, seven days a week from their mobile device....Through this new telehealth offering, patients now have an additional option for seeking care that is even more convenient for them....Working collaboratively with Teladoc, the global leader in virtual care, and leveraging Teladoc ’s technology platform, patients can receive care via a MinuteClinic Video Visit, i...
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