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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm healthcare editor Leah Rosenbaum, and today in healthcare news:
- Big retailers like Walgreens and Walmart are doubling down on their new healthcare plans;
- The first instance of the Omicron variant in the US has been detected in California;
- We spoke to major health systems about the essential tools that are transforming patient care.
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A Walmart Health clinic with counseling, labs, optometry, primary care, dental, and hearing services.Walmart Health Big retail companies like CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart are doubling down on their healthcare strategies. Here's how they're planning to compete in the $4 trillion industry.
- Big retail companies doubled down on their healthcare strategies this year.
- Each company is looking to nab a bigger piece of the nearly $4 trillion healthcare industry.
- Here's how CVS, Best Buy, Dollar General, Walgreens, and Walmart plan to disrupt the space.
Passengers gather near Delta airline's counter as they check-in their luggage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 23, 2021.Reuters/Carlos Barria The Omicron variant has landed in the US: California just reported its first case
- The US has identified its first case of the Omicron variant in a San Francisco, California resident.
- Public-health experts predicted last week that Omicron was already spreading in the US.
- The variant shows signs of being more transmissible or dangerous than other coronavirus strains.
FatCamera/Getty Images These are the 5 essential tools that hospitals are using to transform patient care right now
- Health systems are investing millions in new tech programs, but most aren't available yet.
- We asked leaders what was transforming patient care today in the biggest way.
- Their answers included telehealth and pharmacy apps that manage patients' benefits.
More stories we're reading:
- Here are all the mutations in the Omicron variant and why they are scaring scientists (Insider)
- A visualization of how the coronavirus moves from person to person (The New York Times)
- Covax head says rich countries should prioritize global vaccination over booster shots: 'Where is the science that suggests three-month boosters make sense?' (Insider)
- A majority of Supreme Court Justices may be willing to overturn Roe v. Wade (Kaiser Health News)
-Leah
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