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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.

The increasing number and scope of retail clinics has caught the attention of physicians' groups.

Differences in regulations between countries largely prevent advanced practice nurses from treating patients at the top of their licenses.

As a complement to primary care services, retail clinics play a critical role in the continuity of care for many Americans.

Contemporary Clinic Editorial Board member, Alexie Leitner, PA-C, Healthcare Market Leader at Target Clinics explains what it's like to have the best job in America.

Nurse practitioners are helping to fill the void left by a shrinking PCP population.

As the last country with a modern health care system to adopt ICD-10, the United States is finally hopping on the bandwagon just before the anticipated release of ICD-11 in 2018.

This approval marks a milestone in oncology as it steers in the direction of combination therapy for the future.

Retail clinics have taken a prominent position as the preferred method of care for patients who need quick and cost-effective treatment.

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With less than 3 weeks to go until the October 1 deadline for the adoption of ICD-10, many health care providers are concerned about the challenges the new system may present.

This announcement comes after a successful pilot program showed a collaboration of telehealth and retail clinics produced good results for patients.

Startup companies are taking the idea of convenient care one step further via smartphone apps.

A recent article from the Associated Press explained how retail clinics and technology are changing the doctor-patient relationship.

In a recent interview with Health IT Analytics, Peter Goldbach, MD, chief medical officer of RediClinic and Health Dialog, discussed how retail clinics can potentially impact population health management.

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants who staff retail clinics now have a dedicated professional resource for best practices in convenient care.

More than a dozen major health care organizations have committed to improving diagnosis.

Soy lecithin is a common emulsifier used as an excipient in drugs and topical skin care products.

Increased demand for affordable and accessible patient care from a growing population of insured patients is the perfect catalyst for telehealth service expansion.

Although fewer teens are having sex than before, the use of emergency contraception has grown significantly over the past decade. Understanding these patterns can provide insight to the recent decline of U.S. teen birth rates.

In the constantly evolving health care world, there many different settings in which advanced practice clinicians, such as nurse practitioners, can choose to work. Advanced practice clinicians can choose a retail clinic setting, the hospital, a primary care physician's practice, as well as other settings.