You may not know that there is a ‘controversy” ongoing about the Minute Clinic, the Little Clinic and other retail clinics in this country. Among other things, we believe that the quality of care is not optimally given and that there may be a conflict of interest between the patient’s needed care and the encouragement [Read more…]
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently issued a statement discouraging the use of retail based clinics. These are clinics located in major drug stores or grocery stores. Examples are The Minute Clinic and The Take Care Clinic. We share the opinion of the AAP and have several concerns regarding these clinics: The practitioner in [Read more…]