Walgreen Co.’s Take Care Retail Clinics Diversifying Business Model to Treat Complex Conditions

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Take Care Health Systems, a subsidiary of Walgreen Co., is diversifying its retail clinic business model to include services to treat complex medical conditions and provide preventive services as a way to avoid seasonal slowdowns in demand. Take Care Clinics are walk-in health centers operating in 340 Walgreens pharmacies. In August 2009, Take Care launched nebulizer treatments for clinic patients exhibiting acute respiratory distress. The Take Care Health Systems strategy to avoid seasonality was discussed by Peter Miller, the company’s president and chief executive officer in a March 10 . . .