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Walgreens is handing off ownership and operations of 27 retail clinics across the St. Louis region to its health-system partner SSM Health.

Physician assistants and nurse practitioners in Florida will soon be permitted to prescribe controlled substances under legislation signed by Governor Rick Scott.

MinuteClinic patients in Ohio can now virtually visit Cleveland Clinic clinicians through American Well’s telehealth platform.

Rite Aid reported opening 23 RediClinics in the fiscal year ending on February 27, 2016, bringing its total clinic count to 78.

Walgreens Healthcare Clinic has won renewed accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Nurse practitioner and physician assistant ranked first and fourth, respectively, on a list of the fastest-growing jobs in the United States.

A new study suggests that the cost savings from visiting a retail clinic over a doctor’s office or emergency room may be offset by frequent use.

Retail clinicians should know that more than 1 bacteria species could cause Lyme disease.

It is somewhere in the middle of a patient’s story when the nursing role thrives.

In a $1.1 billion proposal to Congress, President Barack Obama recognized the vital role nurse practitioners play in addressing the country’s opioid abuse and heroin use epidemic.

CVS Health has formed an alliance with 2 leading multicultural nursing organizations to develop a more diverse workforce.

Physician assistants and nurse practitioners both landed spots on this year’s list of the 25 best jobs in America.

Walgreens is handing off ownership and operations of its 56 retail clinics across the Chicagoland area to its health-system partner Advocate Health Care.

Retail clinicians’ increasing scope of practice has fostered a shift from providing episodic acute care to establishing a crucial role in the care continuum.

Given the choice, the majority of advanced practice nurses would pursue a nursing career again.

The American College of Physicians recently advised retail clinicians and other providers to prescribe generic drugs whenever possible in order to reduce costs and improve outcomes.

Clinicians must understand the distinct differences between each NSAID in order to help guide their recommendations for pain relief.

As more Americans are turning to retail clinics for their health care needs, the number of retails clinics is now projected to surpass 2800 by 2017.

In honor of NP Week, Contemporary Clinic interviewed nurse practitioner and Editorial Board member Kristen Marjama, DNP, FNP-BC, Manager of Clinic Education and Development at Walmart Care Clinics.

Patients in the Northeast likely have the best access to physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, while those in the South and Southwest may have a harder time seeing a practitioner.

In honor of NP Week, Contemporary Clinic interviewed nurse practitioner and Editorial Board member Kristene Diggins, FAANP, CNE, NEA-BC, DNP, DCC, MBA, Manager of Professional Practice at MinuteClinic and faculty at University of Phoenix.

In honor of NP Week, Contemporary Clinic spoke with nurse practitioner and Editorial Board member Karen Brautigam, FNP, Clinical Educator at Healthcare Clinics at Walgreens.

With projections of physician shortages, patients could be left with gaps in their care. That's where retail clinics come in.

In honor of NP Week, Contemporary Clinic spoke with nurse practitioner and Editorial Board member Courtney Ballina, BSN, MSN, NP, Professional Services Manager at Target Clinics.

Walgreens Healthcare Clinics will soon move to a new electronic health record system to improve care coordination among clinicians.

In honor of NP Week, Contemporary Clinic interviewed its Editor-in-Chief Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, FCPP, FAAN, CEO of the National Nursing Centers Consortium and Executive Director of the Convenient Care Association.

Influenza A virus is a prominent cause of morbidity and mortality in children, even more so than in adults.

Although measles was once endemic, most health care workers today have not seen a case of this highly contagious infection in their practicing years.

Most clinicians are programmed to believe that calling in sick is unprofessional.

The fastest-growing provider of retail clinics has another feather to put in its cap.