Black Friday in Healthcare

As we were heading into Black Friday, I wondered if anyone in healthcare was doing something for Black Friday. It’s such a big shopping day, I had to think that someone was getting involved. Turns out, I found a few things. The first thing I found was a Medical Uniform Boutique in Downtown Lancaster, PA. They were promoting 10% off scrubs: Black Friday Sale at Just Scrubz in Downtown Lancaster, PA #Lancaster #nursesagainstviolence2018 #LPN #Lancaster #homehealthaide #LGH #healthcare #nurselife #NursePractitioner #nurse #CNA #scrubs #justscrubz717 pic.twitter.com/zCZsx1E4Af — Justscrubz717 (@justscrubz717) November 13, 2018 This actually felt pretty reasonable. Scrubs is something that makes a lot of sense for medical professionals to buy on Black Friday. Of course, the JustScrubz account only had 1 follower, so I’m not sure that promotion did very well. I did just feature it in this post. So, your welcome citizens of Lancaster. Next up, I found a health insurance company offering a Black Friday special: Consumerism at its finest… Black Friday special for health care anyone? pic.twitter.com/RxZLafJfdY — Izzy (@iz_marcelletti) November 15, 2018 The tweet does seem to be advertising their online visits which could be a pretty valuable thing for people who might be traveling over Thanksgiving. It’s never fun to get sick while traveling, but always a pain to get care on the holidays. So, I’d say this online visit offer could be a prett...
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