DSN, Convenient Care Association team up to offer Retail Healthcare Webinar series
NEW YORK — With a national focus on health and wellness, retailers have increasingly paved the way for innovation and redefined healthcare delivery. From pharmacies and retail-based clinics to store fronts, retail is playing a key role as a provider of health information and patient care services. The Retail Healthcare Webinar Series is an educational forum focused on the future of retail health.
Join leadership from the retail health care industry to learn more about the important role of that retail health clinics as an integrated health collaborative. Moderating the sessions will be Drug Store News editor in chief Rob Eder. Click below to learn more and register.
Integrated Healthcare
Tuesday, November 3
11:00 AM- 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Web Golinkin, CEO Rite Aid Rediclinic and Health Dialog
Retail-based health clinics are no longer the new kids on the block. After disrupting the healthcare landscape back in 2000, the number of clinics has grown exponentially. Located next to the retail host pharmacy, a collaborative and collegial relationship between pharmacists and clinicians blossomed and the clinic have become just as integrated into the total store health experience as pharmacies have been for many years. With many retailers redesigning stores to bring an enhanced health focus for the consumer/patient, this session will feature leadership from different retailers and clinic organizations and focus on the integration of healthcare throughout the store. Click to register.
The Role of Telehealth in Retail Health Care 
Thursday, November 5
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Speaker: Tobias Barker, Vice President, Medical Operations, MinuteClinic
Many retailers and retail-based health clinics are utilizing different telehealth capabilities to enhance the quality and services for their patients. From services like health stations or pods to innovative point of care cloud-based testing tools, telehealth technology allows for consumers to access comprehensive, high-quality healthcare and health information in convenient locations. As with many new entrants into healthcare, regulations regarding telehealth and telehealth services are appearing in every state and are ripe with the possibility of unintended consequences for providers. The use of telehealth in retail-based clinics and retail setting and expert analysis of the regulatory landscape and related implications will be explored during this session. Click to register.
Big Data
Wednesday, November 11
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Bob Darin, Vice President, Enterprise Analytics, CVS Health
Insurers and providers are beginning to create and analyze giant data sets to support quality improvement, planning, population health management and cost effectiveness. Mobile phones, online shopping, social networks, electronic communication, GPS, and instrumented machinery all produce a mass amount of data as a by-product of their ordinary operations. Everyone is now a walking data generator and the data available are often unstructured simply waiting to be released.
During this session, participants will:
Understand how CVS Health is using data and analytics to demonstrate how retail health care can drive down overall health care costs;
Identify ways to support physicians with clinical patient data to improve care coordination and benchmarking; and
Learn about new methods to use health care data to improve adherence and identify vulnerable patient population
Partnerships in Population Health
Wednesday, November 18
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Speaker: Patrick Carroll, MD, Medical Director for Walgreens Health Care Clinic
Population health management programs use tools to aggregate data and provide a comprehensive clinical picture of each patient. Using that data, providers can track, and hopefully improve, clinical outcomes while lowering costs. While data may be used individually by each hospital or practice, the data is not consistently used across the continuum of care, such as inpatient, hospital outpatient and ambulatory settings. Even less common is the integration of information on physician billing, electronic health records (EHR), medical claims, lab