Walgreens Boots Alliance chief executive Roz Brewer said the company’s multi-billion dollar push into primary care and post-acute services is designed to keep people healthy, engaged in their nutrition and from returning to the healthcare system, Forbes reports.
Speaking at the 2021 Forbes Healthcare Summit last week, Brewer said the rollout out of hundreds of physician-staffed clinics attached to Walgreens drugstores as well as additional investments in post-acute and home care will “keep people from returning to the system of healthcare.”
In the months since Brewer became chief executive officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, the iconic drugstore chain has invested another $5.2 billion in VillageMD to escalate the expansion of doctor-staffed clinics across the U.S. under a new “Walgreens Health” business. Read more.
