Health care convenience isn’t just for Millennials.;About 60% of people ages 50 to 80 have visited an alternative clinic (an urgent care center or a retail health clinic) during the past two years, according to a new survey (see;More Older Americans Turning To Urgent Care, Retail Health Clinics).;Three-quarters of this group (75%) who have gone to an alternative clinic said they're likely to go again sometime within the next two years.;And 43% who hadn't gotten care at an alternative clinic said they are likely to do so in . . .

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Marketing & Business Development

Marketing and business development are essential for raising organizational awareness, gaining customers, and making sales. For health and human service provider organizations, understanding the needs of the consumer population that is served by the organization and developing a service that meets their needs at a fair cost is key. A marketing strategy must be integrated within an organization’s strategic plan in a way that will ultimately foster growth and support the organization’s overall business goals—from identifying the objectives and conducting a market analysis, to marketing strategy development and implementation.


On January 31, 2025, the Food is Medicine Institute at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Kaiser Permanente launched the Food is Medicine National Network of Excellence (Network of Excellence). Its purpose is to establish best practices for implementing, evaluating, and integrating food-based interventions into care delivery practices within the health care system. Other founding members include Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North… Read