CCA to host forum on retail-based convenient care model

PHILADELPHIA The Convenient Care Association, along with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Deloitte and The Drug Store News Group's Retail Clinician, is presenting this month a forum to discuss the growth and evolution of retail-based health clinics.

The "Convenient Care Clinics and Retail Healthcare: A Critical Innovation for Successful Healthcare Reform" forum will be held in Philadelphia on Oct. 26 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. A reception will follow from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

This free seminar will bring together industry leaders from the CCA, private sector clinic operators, and nonprofit hospitals and health systems to discuss the growth and evolution of the retail-based convenient care model as well as plans for future growth. Speakers will include local and national industry leaders who have helped shape the retail-based convenient care clinic model.

Paul H. Keckley, PhD., executive director of Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, will present a special keynote address on the center's latest retail industry clinic study.

Panelists include John Kenlon, publisher of Drug Store News; Sandy Ryan, chief nurse practitioner of Take Care Health Systems; Tine Hansen-Turton, executive director of the CCA; Web Golinkin, CEO of RediClinic; and Josh Riff, medical director for Target.

To register for the forum visit www.collegeofphysicians.org.