In the first half of 2020, CVS will open HealthHUBs in Boston, Dallas-Forth Worth, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. It will also open a handful of stores in Hartford, home of CVS's newly acquired Aetna's headquarters, New York City and Washington, D.C.
"We can address the chronic disease patients of Aetna, lower medical costs and serve customers better than they're currently being served," he said in an interview. In the existing HealthHUBs, Hourican said CVS has seen increases in foot traffic, MinuteClinic visits, prescriptions dispensed and sales of products in the front of the stores since remodeling the stores. People are starting to visit the clinics for chronic disease management, particularly diabetes, instead of the typical cough or flu visit, he said.
is this the solution to bankrupt for profit merging hospital systems in the US and a shortage of Primary care doctors ? I assume Aetna will end home visits from nurses for seniors on medicare to get more traffic to the health hub to tailor the experience and compile data.
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