Retail Clinician

05/15/2013 - 5:38pm

Walgreens, NONPF partner in nurse practitioner education

Walgreens Take Care Health Systems and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties are sponsoring a new program to support the clinical education of nurse practitioners, the two announced.

05/15/2013 - 4:33pm

CEO/Leadership Panel, CARE awards among highlights at this year's RCEC

Among the highlights of this year’s Retail Clinician Education Congress, currently taking place here in Las Vegas, was a CEO/Leadership Panel and the Clinician Awards for Excellence.

05/15/2013 - 3:24pm

Leaders in graduate nursing education, nursing practice gather for 'historic' roundtable during RCEC

A select group of leaders in graduate nursing education and nursing practice came together Wednesday during the 2013 Retail Clinician Education Congress to participate in a historic roundtable discussion on strengthening the relationship between practice and graduate nursing education in emerging models of care delivery.

05/14/2013 - 4:28pm

Convenient care health professionals gather for 2013 RCEC

Healthcare professionals working within the growing field of convenient care convened Tuesday for the sixth annual Retail Clinician Education Congress, a three-day educational and networking forum that is accredited for both nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

05/06/2013 - 10:45am

Sam's Club offers skin, weight, stress screenings

Sam's Club is offering free skin and weight screenings during the weekend, the club retailer said Monday.

04/24/2013 - 10:10am

The Foundation for Health Smart Consumers' Inspire Program to launch at RCEC

The Foundation for Health Smart Consumers has announced a major expansion of its smoking cessation initiative through the Inspire Program, which will launch at the annual Retail Clinician Education Congress held in May in Las Vegas.

04/21/2013 - 11:23pm

Game on: Clinics & chronic care

This month Walgreens announced that it would begin to offer chronic care services at its Take Care Clinics. Its biggest competitor, MinuteClinic, made a similar announcement about a year ago. With full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the people paying the bills are going to get a good look at what retail clinics can do to lower costs and improve outcomes.

04/18/2013 - 4:54pm

Physician-authored article sees 'freeing' nurses as one answer to healthcare crisis

“It’s time to unlock the gates to the primary care club” and allow nurse practitioners to practice to the full extent of their education and training. That was a key message of a physician-authored article in Slate magazine.

04/15/2013 - 4:35pm

Executive Session agenda set for 2013 RCEC

The Convenient Care Association and Drug Store News have announced the agenda for the Executive and Health Systems Leadership Colloquium for this year’s Retail Clinician Education Congress, which will be held in May in Las Vegas.

04/15/2013 - 2:49pm

Win an iPad mini while earning CE at the 2013 Retail Clinician Education Congress? Yes!