Here are five takeaways:
1. The partnership evolved to address patient worries about receiving lower-quality care at walk-in retail clinics, compared to the quality of care primary care physicians provide.
2. When patients visit walk-in clinics, they sometimes don’t have their primary care physicians’ phone or fax numbers on hand. Therefore, many primary care physicians never receive the patient records.
3. The collaboration allows a more transparent healthcare system, where physicians fully understand their patients’ current medications and past medical visits.
4. The University of Chicago did not disclose whether it would receive additional referrals because of the collaboration.
5. CVS will not share patient records with the university unless the individual patient agrees.
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