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4 Insights into Walgreens’ Health Strategy Review

New Walgreen's CEO Tim Wentworth said he and the board will meet in April to conduct a strategic review of Walgreens’ retail, pharmacy and health care business portfolio and to develop a road map for the future.

Special Report: How Health Care Disruptors will Transform the Field in 2024

AHA Market Scan special report explores which companies aim to deliver transformational change in 2024.

4 Takeaways on General Catalyst’s Plan to Acquire Summa Health

The huge venture capital firm General Catalyst (GC) said it planned to buy a health system and use it as a transformation proving ground for technologies developed by its portfolio companies. GC’s recently formed business venture Health Assurance Transformation Corporation (HATCo) says that it has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire nonprofit Ohio-based Summa Health.

Evening the Playing Field in Health Equity Investing

These venture capital funds are working to level the playing field for underrepresented entrepreneurs trying to disrupt health care delivery.

Optum Rounds Out Its Home Health Portfolio as Competition Heats Up

UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and its information and tech-enabled health services business Optum have continued their rapid footprint expansion into home-based post-acute care services over the past 15 months.

Understanding the Keys to Successful Innovation Investing

A new report, “The Rise of Innovation Investing Among Health Care Organizations,” explores the channels organizations are using to invest in innovation, the roles of professional investors and what it takes to achieve success.

Retail Clinics Target Chronic Diseases

Retail health clinics are growing not only in number but in scope of services delivered. But so far, these outlets primarily are located in higher-income communities ringing urban areas with large populations while rural and underserved communities remain largely out of the picture.

3 Keys to Addressing the Rural Maternal Health Crisis

Rural hospitals, which deliver about one in 10 babies nationally each year, have been closing in significant numbers. Despite the challenging environment, rural hospitals and health systems are taking traditional and innovative approaches to build or expand their maternal health programs.

3 Pivotal Ways to Accelerate Tech and Innovation Change

Health IT leaders, startups and well-established health care companies recently met in Nashville at the ViVE Conference to accelerate innovation and harness the power of data and technology in health care.

Census Bureau Database to Provide Better Context on Retail Clinics Market

A new database created by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Enhancing Health (EHealth) Data Program and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) aims to bring context to how the number of retail health clinics (RHCs) has accelerated in recent years.