CVS’ MinuteClinic, the company’s retail medical clinic, is rolling out a new telehealth healthcare offering for patients with minor illnesses and injuries, skin conditions and other wellness needs.
The MinuteClinic video visits, a telehealth offering, will provide patients with access to healthcare services 24 hours a day, seven days a week from their mobile device, CVS officials said in an announcement this week.
In recent years, MinuteClinic has been testing telehealth as a method of increasing access to care. During the initial phase of testing, a CVS Health study found that 95 percent of patients who opted to receive a telehealth visit were highly satisfied with the quality of care they received. In the same study, 95 percent of patients were satisfied with the convenience of using the telehealth service and the overall telehealth experience. Those results led the company to develop the expanded virtual care offering being launched this week, officials proclaimed.
Working collaboratively with telehealth company Teladoc, and leveraging its technology platform, patients can receive care via a MinuteClinic video visit, initiated through the CVS Pharmacy app. Officials noted that a video visit can be used to care for patients ages two years and up who are seeking treatment for a minor illness, minor injury, or a skin condition. Each patient will complete a health questionnaire, then be matched to a board-certified health care provider licensed in their state, who will review the completed questionnaire with the patient’s medical history, and proceed with the video-enabled visit.
During a MinuteClinic Video Visit, the provider will assess the patient’s condition and determine the appropriate course of treatment, and if an in-person follow up visit with a provider is needed. A MinuteClinic Video Visit costs $59.
“We’re excited to be able to bring this innovative care option to patients,” Troyen A. Brennan, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer of CVS Health, said in a statement. “Through this new telehealth offering, patients
