DEERFIELD, Ill. & DENVER, November 20, 2013 - 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.
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