Ten new patient service centers to open at Walgreens stores

Walgreens and LabCorp said they are expanding their patient service centers in Florida.

Ten new LabCorp patient service centers will open within Walgreens stores in April and May, with four serving the Gainesville market and two each serving the Palm Beach County, Pasco County, and Orlando areas.

These sites are in addition to five Denver-area locations and one in Morrisville, North Carolina, that opened in 2017, as part of North Carolina-based LabCorp's nearly 2,000 patient service center network across the U.S. The co-branded LabCorp at Walgreens sites offer LabCorp patient services in a secure, comfortable environment for specimen collection, located near the pharmacy area inside the Walgreens store. Customer response to the initial sites has been overwhelmingly positive, with 93 percent of customers surveyed saying they would recommend LabCorp at Walgreens to a friend.

"Patients and physicians have responded enthusiastically to having access to lab testing in a high-quality health care setting," said David P. King, LabCorp's chairman and CEO.

The collaboration reflects Walgreens and LabCorp's shared objective to provide a differentiated, consumer-focused experience, providing access to a broad range of health care services at a trusted setting convenient to the consumer.

For Walgreens, lab testing at its retail locations fits its strategy of collaborating with best-in-class providers to complement its core pharmacy expertise and bring affordable health care services to customers. The LabCorp relationship further demonstrates the value of deeper collaborations with health care service providers in improving care coordination and providing access to more care options from trusted names in health care.

"Our initial pilot locations with LabCorp have been well-received and demonstrate that customers appreciate a greater level of access to important health care services," said Nimesh Jhaveri, vice president, health care services, Walgreens. "The LabCorp at Walgreens centers are a strong complement to our core pharmacy services and expertise, and another way in which we're working with partners to bring health care closer to our patients in the community."