New Retail Clinic Staffing Model Uses Paramedics, Not Nurses, On-Site

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News My Healthy Access, a Texas-based operator of six retail clinics in Houston-area Wal-Mart stores, uses paramedics, rather than nurses as on-site staff at Walk-In Telemedicine Health Care (WITH-Care) clinics. The paramedics serve as “hands” to facilitate a visit between a board-certified physician and the consumer seeking care. The telemedicine services are provided by NuPhysicia LLC. According to a NuPhysicia spokesperson, the paramedic staffing model has several advantages: The telemedicine channel provides direct interaction with the licensed physician, who is legally overseeing all aspects of . . .