At the conference, Ms. Brewer laid out her vision.
“Imagine a day when 45 percent of our Walgreens stores … where you can walk in and see a primary care physician that’s attached to a Walgreens drugstore. And you come into this beautiful lobby and there are eight exam rooms with two physicians and a staff,” Ms. Brewer said. “And they can do the testing that you need that day. … That’s our goal.”
The Walgreens Boots Alliance has invested $5.2 billion in primary care startup VillageMD to augment the rollout of physician-staffed clinics across the country. The company announced in October that it is making a $330 million investment in post-acute and home care company CareCentrix.
Ms. Brewer said she thinks the wraparound services the company will offer will be game-changing.
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