Under the agreement, KentuckyOne Health will work with healthcare clinics at select Walgreens to expand the level of care and handle non-emergent conditions outside of the clinics’ scope of practice. The collaboration will also offer the retail clinics the ability to help manage the treatment of chronic diseases, according to the news release.
The collaboration will provide patients access to quality care seven days a week, and will include direct communication between retail clinic nurse practitioners and KentuckyOne Health physicians to facilitate care coordination and sharing of patient information.
“As part of our mission to provide convenient access to care, we believe our communities will benefit from this type of collaborative model as we expand our outreach to healthcare clinics at Walgreens,” said Ruth W. Brinkley, president and CEO of KentuckyOne Health, in the news release.
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