An excellent article on the strength of the Retailization of Healthcare. You may ask, what exactly is that? It is the next evolution of how you and I are going to receive most of our healthcare treatment from this point on.

The retailization of healthcare took another step in October, when the U.S. Department of Justice gave preliminary approval for the $69B acquisition of insurer Aetna by retailer CVS. The deal stands to transform even more retail sites into community healthcare hubs, a trend that has been building momentum for a few years. Flickr/hattiesburgmemory The merger is the latest but hardly the last milestone in the retailization of healthcare, experts say. “The retailization trend will continue because consumers are demanding a better experience in healthcare, similar to what they see today in retail,” Microsoft Vice President U.S. Health & Life Science Chris Sakalosky said. Sakalosky will speak at Bisnow’s National Healthcare Midwest event later this month. “People want convenience and high-quality care, and they want it to be easy.”…