UCLA doctors to
oversee 11 CVS in-store clinics: Doctors will serve as medical directors for 11
CVS MinuteClinics in Los Angeles County through an agreement with UCLA Health
System.
Pharmacy giant CVS Caremark Corp. and UCLA Health System are
teaming up to treat patients in 11 in-store clinics in Los Angeles County as
one remedy to a growing shortage of primary care physicians. Under this
arrangement, UCLA physicians will serve as medical directors overseeing 11 CVS
MinuteClinics and the two entities will
share electronic medical records.
…Drugstore chains and major retailers are opening more of
these walk-in clinics to capitalize on the influx of newly insured patients
under the Affordable Care Act. …A study by Rand Corp., a nonprofit think tank
in Santa Monica, found these clinics provide care at 30% to 40% lower cost than
similar care provided at a physician's office and that the care provided for
routine illnesses was of similar quality. But some physicians express concern
about these clinics treating more patients with chronic and often serious
illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension.
What could possibly go wrong?
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