The 12-room, 6,500-square-foot center is designed to compete with CVS and Amazon. Along with an in-house pharmacy, the clinic offers patients diagnostic labs tests, X-rays, eye care and other dental services.
However, it’s unclear how consumers will respond to the clinic. A survey by CivicScience in September 2019 showed 11 percent of Americans polled would “likely” visit a Walmart Clinic. Walmart Health has also not released information on the number of clinics it plans to open.
Along with competing for consumers, Walmart Health may find it hard to recruit dentists and other clinicians, reports Bloomberg. One clinician thought Walmart’s listing for a position at the health center was a spam posting.
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