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Walgreens Set To Open Primary Care Clinics In Houston

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Walgreens and VillageMD , a leading national provider of primary healthcare, have announced a partnership to provide primary care services for adult patients in the Houston, Texas area. Walgreens chief medical officer and group vice president, healthcare services and clinical programs, said in a press release.

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Walgreens Teams With VillageMD To Offer In-Store Health Clinics

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healthcare system in upheaval from the COVID-19 pandemic. Walgreens said the move follows “a highly successful trial begun last year” with five in-store clinics in the Houston, Texas, area. To improve our healthcare system and reverse the trajectory of health spending, we must meet the needs of all patients.”. In the U.S.,

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Walmart Focuses On Supercenters As Strategy To Take On Amazon

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That is a quicker system than sending information to the cloud.) The system could be rented out with new demand from self-driving vehicles as well as other systems that may tap into technology to quickly sift through significant amounts of information.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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and SoftBank -backed robotics firm Nuro recently announced the rollout of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston. The companies said the service will be available via two Kroger stores in the Houston area and reach customers residing in four local zip codes. In the U.S.,

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Higher Education Aims To Reduce Costs Amid Pandemic

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Students from different parts of the country — at schools ranging from Rutgers to the University of Houston are reportedly asking for tuition discounts. Students at the University of North Carolina system , in one case, have sued seeking reimbursements for tuition and fees for the spring since the schools migrated to digital learning.

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London Cements Uber Ban Over Fake Identities

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A change to Uber’s systems allowed unauthorized drivers to upload their photos to other Uber driver accounts.”. San Francisco, Houston and Boston have all had cases of illicit drivers, including convicted felons, Cnet reported. TfL regulates taxi and private hire services in the city.

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Branching Out: Physical Locations Boost CUs' Digital Plans

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Vancity said it has agreed to collaborate with North Carolina-based nCino to implement the latter’s Bank Operating System, which will replace its 15-year-old network. The new cloud-based system can help FIs manage loans from origination and review to renewal and modification.