Healthcare Clinics at Select Walgreens Receive National Recognition from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health ...
October 30 2013 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Primary care accreditation endorses clinical
excellence and quality of care
Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) (Nasdaq:WAG) and the Accreditation
Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) today announced that
Healthcare Clinics at select Walgreens stores nationwide have
received accreditation from the nationally recognized
organization.
The accreditation is a symbol of quality recognizing that each
Healthcare Clinic meets AAAHC requirements, embodying best
practices and operating in compliance with nationally recognized
Standards of care. Specifically, the accreditation distinguishes
Healthcare Clinics at select Walgreens as delivering high-quality
care in an environment that promotes patient safety.
“AAAHC shares our focus on high-quality, affordable and
coordinated patient care, and the accreditation is another
important step in Walgreens evolution from traditional retail
drugstore to a community health care destination,” said Heather
Helle, divisional vice president, Walgreens consumer solutions
group. “The AAAHC accreditation process requires a rigorous and
complex series of evaluations, and we’re proud to be recognized for
delivering the highest levels of comprehensive, quality care to our
patients in order to help them get, stay and live well.”
As part of the accreditation process, AAAHC representatives
evaluated Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens professionals in
the clinic setting, interviewed executive leadership and conducted
patient surveys. AAAHC has established specific Standards that
require clinics to be patient-centered, comprehensive, accessible
and to coordinate care with all of the patients’ primary care and
specialty care provider teams.
“The role of retail clinics continues to grow and gain momentum
as a valuable access point for care, and this setting is poised to
grow in importance and value as millions of Americans enter the
system under health care reform,” said John Burke, PhD, president
and CEO, AAAHC. “We are pleased to add Healthcare Clinics at select
Walgreens to our accredited members and congratulate them on their
successful completion of the process.”
There are more than 400 Healthcare Clinics at select Walgreens
stores across the U.S.
The accreditation of the retail clinics follows the company’s
worksite health center accreditation through AAAHC, announced last
December. Walgreens Employer Solutions Group, which manages more
than 370 worksite health centers nationwide, received AAAHC Medical
Home accreditation, recognizing that each location meets AAAHC
requirements to be considered a patient-centered medical home,
embodying best practices and operating in compliance with
nationally recognized standards of care.
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 8,123 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 AAAHC
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
(AAAHC), founded in 1979, is the leader in ambulatory health care
accreditation with more than 5,500 organizations accredited
nationwide. AAAHC accredits a variety of ambulatory health care
organizations, including ambulatory surgery centers, office-based
surgery centers, college student health centers, health
plans/managed care organizations, military health care clinics,
large medical and dental practices and medical homes. In 2010,
AAAHC launched an international accreditation. AAAHC serves as an
advocate for the provision of high-quality health care through the
development of nationally recognized standards and through its
survey and accreditation programs. AAAHC accreditation is
recognized as a symbol of quality by third-party payers, medical
organizations, liability insurance companies, state and federal
agencies and the public. For more information visit
www.aaahc.org
WalgreensJim Cohn,
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