Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Walgreens subsidiary to open walk-in clinics

By Don Walker
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Take Care Health Systems, a manager of convenient care clinics, is expanding its presence in Wisconsin to Ashwaubenon, Madison and Neenah.

Take Care, a subsidiary of Walgreen Co. (WAG), operates walk-in clinics that provide professional medical information seven days a week with extended evening and weekend hours.

The Northeast Wisconsin clinics will be at 2301 S. Oneida St. in Ashwaubenon and 500 S. Commercial Street in Neenah.

With the three openings, Take Care Health Systems now has 13 clinics at Walgreens in the state, including 10 in the Milwaukee area.

Up to six more clinics are planned in the state later this year.

The clinics are staffed by board-certified family nurse practitioners who treat patients 18 months and older for common illnesses, throat, ear and sinus infections, pink eye and poison ivy, and are licensed to write prescriptions.

The practitioners also provide school, sports and camp physicals and offer vaccinations for flu, hepatitis B, meningitis and tetanus.

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