Doctor's office? Try aisle 3 - Part #2
Walmarts plans to pick up the pace with plans to add 3 more this year, mainly in the larger supercentres where it 'sells fresh food as well as general merchandise."There's a need out there in the marketplace," Thompson said, noting many new immigrants don't have a family doctor.
Clinics in retail settings are similar in some respects to doctors' offices anywhere.
They bill OHIP for their services and pay administrative and other expenses out of the billings.But in other ways they're quite different.Clinics in retail settings see a lot more "walk-in" patients than a typical family physician's practice. They tend to be run by third-party professional management firm that buys the equipment, hires the administrative staff and oversees the billing.The doctors pay for those services either on a percentage or flat-fee basis.
The retailer generally acts as the landlord to the clinics.Doctors who join this type of clinic are often recent graduates looking to build a practice without incurring a lot of debt,Or they may be emergency room doctors nearing retirement Or they may have their own full-time practice elsewhere and be looking for extra hours with minimal paper burden Walk-in clinics don't require the same level of long-term record keeping as a family practice. Shoppers Drug Mart pioneered the concept, opening its first medical clinic in 2002, mainly as a convenience to customers.
The clinics — located in, above or beside its drugstores — offer both walk-in and family practice services, the drugstore chain said."We do see an increase in pharmacy sales," said Shoppers' spokesperson Lisa Gibson, adding the close contact between the doctor and pharmacist also leads to "enhanced patient care."
Clinics in retail settings are similar in some respects to doctors' offices anywhere.
They bill OHIP for their services and pay administrative and other expenses out of the billings.But in other ways they're quite different.Clinics in retail settings see a lot more "walk-in" patients than a typical family physician's practice. They tend to be run by third-party professional management firm that buys the equipment, hires the administrative staff and oversees the billing.The doctors pay for those services either on a percentage or flat-fee basis.
The retailer generally acts as the landlord to the clinics.Doctors who join this type of clinic are often recent graduates looking to build a practice without incurring a lot of debt,Or they may be emergency room doctors nearing retirement Or they may have their own full-time practice elsewhere and be looking for extra hours with minimal paper burden Walk-in clinics don't require the same level of long-term record keeping as a family practice. Shoppers Drug Mart pioneered the concept, opening its first medical clinic in 2002, mainly as a convenience to customers.
The clinics — located in, above or beside its drugstores — offer both walk-in and family practice services, the drugstore chain said."We do see an increase in pharmacy sales," said Shoppers' spokesperson Lisa Gibson, adding the close contact between the doctor and pharmacist also leads to "enhanced patient care."
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