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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 2000 (as QuickMedx, Inc.) |
| Headquarters | Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Number of locations | 800 (Dec 2013)[1] |
| Products | |
| Parent | CVS Health |
| Website | www.cvs.com/minuteclinic |
MinuteClinic is a division of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) that provides retail clinic services.[2] MinuteClinic was initially started as QuickMedx[3] by Dr. Douglas Smith and his patient Rick Krieger, along with Stephen Pontius in Minneapolis, Minnesota. MinuteClinic has more than 1,100 locations in 33 states and the District of Columbia. MinuteClinic was acquired by CVS in July 2006.[4]
MinuteClinic is the first retail health care provider to receive an accreditation from The Joint Commission.[5]
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- ^ "CVS Looks To Make Its Drugstores A Destination For Health Care". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "QuickMedx to become MinuteClinic". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. 30 September 2003. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "CVS to buy MinuteClinic". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ Wilbert, Lauren (22 October 2006). "MinuteClinic gets JCAHO accreditation". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-14.