Health-care companies use technology and data to boost primary care services

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From venture-backed start-ups to drug store retailers, there is a big push this year to use technology and data to supercharge physician-centered primary care. healthcare

Our sense is the primary care physician or group, being the navigator for the health care system is, is where they're trying to move the models," said Susan DeVore, CEO of Premier, a health care consulting firm.

Since launching in the Bay Area in 2007, One Medical has paired with physician groups and hospitals in more than nine major metropolitan areas including New York, Seattle and Los Angeles and counts more than 4,000 employers who have offered their workers memberships to the One Medical service. Walmart, which already operates one of the nation's largest pharmacies, has set its sights on low-cost primary care in its stores. Its Care Clinics now offer doctor visits, lab and x-ray services in Georgia, Texas and South Carolina. The retailer plans to roll more expanded care modeled after its flagship clinic in Dallas, Georgia, which also offers dental and counseling services, as well as fitness with Tivity Health's Silver Sneakers Program.

 

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