Dollar General teams up with DocGo to launch mobile clinics

Dollar General and publicly traded telemedicine and medical transportation company DocGo have teamed up to pilot mobile clinics at three discounter stores in Tennessee.

According to website, DocGo will install its mobile clinics in Dollar General parking lots. Clinics will arrange drop-in visits, or appointments can be booked online, by text message, or by phone.

Patients can receive preventive care, emergency care, and chronic disease management services such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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In 2021, Dollar General announced its plans expand its healthcare offerings and “assert itself as a medical center”. The company appointed Dr. Albert Wu as its first Chief Medical Officer.

In July, Dollar General announced the appointment of four members of its a healthcare advisory group that will propose strategies for how the discount retailer can expand into healthcare. Additions include Dr. Patrick Carroll, Chief Medical Officer of Vida Health; Dr. Cathy Lantz, Director of Strategy and Product at Personal Care Medical Associates and former Chief Clinical Officer at Aspire Health; Dr. Von Nguyen, Clinical Head of Public and Population Health at Google; and Dr. Yolanda Hill, board-certified physician in pediatrics and adolescent medicine.

In 2021 DocGo (formerly Ambulnz) announced its plans to merge and go public with a special purpose acquisition company, Motion Acquisition Corp.

Last week, the company announced its partnership with Redirect Health, a platform offering on-demand emergency mobile care to residents of New Jersey and New York.

Dollar General is another addition to the plethora of retailers looking to break into the healthcare industry.

Earlier this month CVS Health led a round of investment in Array Behavioral Care, a virtual mental health and therapy platform, and in September announced plans to acquire significant medical platform Signify Health for approximately $8 billion.

In October during In Walgreen’s third-quarter earnings announcement, CEO Roz Brewer said the drugstore retail giant plans to acquire the technology asset as it expands its healthcare ambitions. In November, Walgreens-backed primary care network VillageMD said it would acquire Summit Health for nearly $9 billion.

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