Walmart’s going to start selling a package including Dell computers and eClinicalworks software through it’s Sam’s Club stores. You know, the giant warehouses where you can buy flat screens and 5 lb. buckets of peanut butter.
It will almost certainly be cheaper than the alternative, but will DCs and other medical professionals want to use Sam’s Club as a healthcare partner?
Some already do, according to Sam’s Club spokeswoman Susan Koehler.
“This will be an extension service of what we do already,” she said. “We have more than 200,000 medical practices that we are already serving.”
She’s mostly talking about the optometry and drug store setups they have, however the HealthIT plan goes a little deeper.
“We will be a single point of contact to help with training, installation, maintenance,” Koehler said.
So, the big question is whether the (probable) cheaper cost will offset the negative view (am I wrong here?) of having your health IT services run by the crew at Walmart?
Let me know what you think.
