Health Care & Servant-Leadership: Part III
After a couple of distressing stories on the state of the nation's health care system, here is one that is a little more positive: Today's Cleveland Plain Dealer has a story about how pharmacies and grocery stores such as Giant Eagle, Rite Aid and CVS are offering medical clinics inside their stores.
While only a few health insurance companies currently cover these visits, the fact that patients can walk right in without an appointment, get a tuberculosis shot for $20, and walk out, has brought quite a bit of success to these convenience clinics. No more waiting three weeks for an appointment or paying $90 just for an office visit.
Time will tell if these convenience clinics are successful. But we need some new and creative thinking in this arena, as the two previous posts pointed out. This is a good start!
While only a few health insurance companies currently cover these visits, the fact that patients can walk right in without an appointment, get a tuberculosis shot for $20, and walk out, has brought quite a bit of success to these convenience clinics. No more waiting three weeks for an appointment or paying $90 just for an office visit.
Time will tell if these convenience clinics are successful. But we need some new and creative thinking in this arena, as the two previous posts pointed out. This is a good start!
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