Healthcare Clinic at Select Walgreens to Offer Mobile Appointment Scheduling Chainwide Through iTriage™ Application
21 November 2013 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Smartphone app lets patients conveniently
schedule appointments, identify symptoms and access a directory of
nationwide medical providers
Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG),
located at more than 400 Walgreens stores nationwide, and iTriage,
a market leader and rapidly growing consumer health care technology
company, today announced the launch of a nationwide mobile
appointment scheduling app. The expanded free mobile service,
previously piloted in Denver and Chicago, is now available to
patients in Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens markets across
the U.S.
“We are always looking for innovative ways to help our patients
better manage their health, and by enhancing access to information
and appointments iTriage furthers this goal,” said Heather Helle,
divisional vice president for Walgreens Consumer Solutions Group.
“As Healthcare Clinic continues to expand services and serve as an
entry point for many into the health care system, it’s critical to
leverage the latest technology, especially mobile, as a tool to
help our patients get, stay and live well.”
Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens appointment setting is
available for free across all iTriage platforms including iPhone®,
iPad®, and Android™ and online at www.iTriageHealth.com. Along with
booking an appointment at a Healthcare Clinic, users can identify
symptoms and learn associated conditions, as well as treatments
options. Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens also offers
appointment scheduling online at www.walgreens.com/clinic.
“The nationwide integration of iTriage appointment setting
across Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens locations offers a
simpler and comprehensive way for Walgreens shoppers and the
surrounding communities to obtain care,” said Dr. Peter Hudson, CEO
and co-founder of iTriage. “As more people look to their mobile
phones for guidance on health care needs, adopting the mobile
appointment setting for Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens will
further empower our users to make effective and beneficial health
care decisions.”
Appointment setting through iTriage is fully integrated, so
patients will not simply be requesting an appointment, but actually
booking one. They will receive an immediate confirmation expediting
the appointment process and increasing efficiency.
Healthcare Clinic locations are walk-in, professional health
care centers located at more than 400 Walgreens drugstores across
the country. Board-certified family nurse practitioners and
physician assistants treat patients 18 months and older for common
illnesses, chronic conditions, offer preventative services such as
vaccines and physicals and are licensed to write prescriptions,
when necessary, that can be filled at the patient’s pharmacy of
choice. For more information, visit www.walgreens.com/clinic.
About Walgreens
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2013 sales
of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to be the
first choice in health and daily living for everyone in America,
and beyond. Each day, Walgreens provides more than 6 million
customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer
goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and
wellness services and advice in communities across America.
Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty,
infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with respiratory
services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs
for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health
systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. The
company operates 8,131 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Take Care Health
Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most
comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers,
provider practices, and in-store convenient care clinics, with more
than 750 locations throughout the country.
About iTriage, LLC
iTriage LLC, an Aetna subsidiary headquartered in
Denver, Colo., is a global healthcare technology company founded in
2008 by two emergency medicine physicians. The company’s
market-leading platform and mobile/website applications offer a
proprietary Symptom-to-Provider™ pathway that empowers consumers to
make better healthcare decisions. iTriage helps people answer the
two most common medical questions: “What could be wrong?” and
“Where could I go for treatment?” Nearly 10 million consumers have
downloaded the free iTriage mobile app through the iTunes App store
or Google Play Market, and millions more have used the iTriage
website at www.itriagehealth.com. In addition, thousands of
healthcare providers already use the iTriage platform to
reach more consumers and increase patient engagement.
WalgreensJim
Cohn847-315-2950Jim.cohn@walgreens.comhttp://news.walgreens.com@WalgreensNewsfacebook.com/WalgreensoriTriage,
LLCJennifer Asbury, Director of Public
Relations303-241-3126jasbury@itriagehealth.com
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