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July 28, 2011
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To Coincide With 4th Annual Retail Clinician Education Congress
PHILADELPHIA—The first week of August marks the second annual National Convenient Care Clinic Week, which celebrates the work of retail-based, convenient care clinics around the country and raises awareness of their accessible and cost-effective health care options. Sens. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) introduced a Senate resolution designating the week earlier this year. Convenient Care Clinic Week coincides with the 4th Annual Retail Clinician Education Congress, co-hosted by the Convenient Care Association (CCA) and Drug Store News.
"The second National Convenient Care Clinic Week marks an increased awareness of the convenient care clinic model as an affordable and practical health care alternative for many Americans,” says Tine Hansen-Turton, executive director of the CCA, which led the effort to recognize August 1-7 as National Convenient Care Clinic Week.
Convenient care clinics operate in retail settings, such as pharmacies and grocery stores, and provide consumers with easy access to high-quality, affordable health care. Clinic operators who are members of the Convenient Care Association, which represents approximately 90 percent of the convenient care clinics in the U.S., adhere to strict quality and safety standards.
“National Convenient Care Clinic Week and the Retail Clinician Education Congress offer an opportunity to formally recognize and applaud the extraordinary efforts of the thousands of nurse practitioners and physician assistants who staff convenient care clinics. These health care professionals, along with our industry’s commitment to quality, accessibility, and affordability, are why convenient care has been so successful,” says Web Golinkin, CEO of RediClinic and president of the CCA.
Today, there are more than 1,200 convenient care clinics in 35 states and Washington, DC. Clinics have served more than 15 million patients since the first locations opened in 2000.
Celebration of National Convenient Care Clinic Week coincides with the Retail Clinician Education Congress in Kissimmee, FL on August 1-3, 2011, an annual event that attracts several hundred clinicians and convenient care clinic industry leaders. The conference covers a broad range of topics of interest to retail clinicians and clinic administrators, with a focus on continuing education, new health care services, and patient care resources. An additional, emerging topic is the “collaborative care track” which highlights the important relationship between the nurse practitioner or physician assistant and the pharmacist in a retail setting, helping to bridge gaps in access and affordability for patients.
Rob Eder, Editor in Chief of Drug Store News, is enthusiastic about the new conference track. "We know the best health care in this country is provided through a team-based approach. We are excited to introduce the collaborative care track, which is a hallmark of how health care will be provided in the future," he said.
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About CCA
The Convenient Care Association is the national trade association of companies and healthcare systems that provide consumers with high-quality, accessible, and affordable health care in retail locations. Founded in 2006, the CCA was created to enhance and sustain the growth of the Convenient Care industry through sharing of best practices and common standards of operation. For more information about CCA, visit www.ccaclinics.org
About Drug Store News Group
The Drug Store News Group, which publishes Drug Store News, Retail Clinician, Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacy Tech News, and Specialty Pharmacy, has been the voice of the retail drug industry for more than seven decades. The multimedia news and information leader, Drug Store News is read by nearly 90,000 industry professionals for its timely coverage of industry news, merchandising trends and pharmacy developments. Its authoritative articles and studies provide extensive coverage of every major segment of retail pharmacy, including drug and supermarket chains, mass merchandisers, club stores and independents, keeping it No. 1 in readership. It is the only publication in America that serves all of retail pharmacy.
