The article highlights the formulation, efficiency, safety, and physiological impact of these supplements to provide a comprehensive understanding of each.

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
December 12, 2019

Wonderan, a website dedicated to offering comprehensive buying guides and product reviews of dietary and nutritional supplements, has released a new write-up reviewing the best weight loss supplements available in the market today. Wonderan’s research throws light on the five most popular and efficient weight loss supplements, including Jacked Factory’s Burn-XT, NatureWise’s CLA 1250, and Goli Nutrition’s Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies. The article highlights the formulation, efficiency, safety, and physiological impact of these supplements to provide a comprehensive understanding of each.

The article does an in-depth analysis of the core ingredients of these supplements and how it supports the body for weight loss. For instance, Burn-XT’s fat burner formula contains L-carnitine, which helps in burning fat cells to release energy, thereby doubling as an energy booster also. Goli Nutrition’s Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies contains superfood ingredients and vitamins that improve your digestion and immune system, clear skin and detoxify your body. Nobi’s fat burner is a keto supplement, with a premium fat burner BHB carb blocker that has been formulated specifically for women. The article includes these and many more products that can help you achieve your personal fitness goals.

Wonderan has been specifically designed with fitness enthusiasts in mind. The website provides extensive and thorough product reviews, comparisons and market research for dietary supplements like vitamins, whey protein, weight-loss supplements, and energy drinks to name a few. It generates aggregated ratings based on meticulous research and information cumulated from trusted sites to exhibit a contrast in public sentiment and experiences related to specific products. The product comparisons of top-selling and niche products present the consumers with the direct correlation and difference between products through various parameters like performance, price, features, aggregated consumer and professional ratings along with review snippets and videos by nutrition experts. In addition to listing the best-selling dietary and nutritional supplements in specific product categories and aggregating customer ratings of products, they follow the latest releases and updates from all the leading brands in the category including Botanic Choice, DXN, Native Remedies and Nutrilite and bring out relevant reports regarding the latest developments in the field of nutrition and dietetics.

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Dr. Praveen Kadimcherla

Artificial disc replacement doesn’t stop patients from bending or flexing normally, making it an increasingly popular option for chronic back or neck pain

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (PRWEB)
December 12, 2019

Nearly all of us know someone who had surgery to replace their bum hip or knee with an artificial joint. But artificial discs? Fewer have heard of this increasingly prevalent orthopedic surgery, according to Praveen Kadimcherla, MD, of Atlantic Spine Center.

Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2004, artificial disc replacement implants a synthetic disc into the spine to replace a worn or damaged disc. The procedure’s goal, Dr. Kadimcherla says, is to relieve chronic back pain while enabling more normal range of motion that might be possible with other back procedures, such as spinal fusion.

While an estimated 8 in 10 American adults will experience back pain at some point, according to the National Institutes of Health, surgery is rarely necessary and only used when pain doesn’t improve with conservative treatments such as exercise, physical therapy or pain relievers. When spinal fusion surgery is performed to fuse painful vertebrae into a solid bone, fusion can prevent normal spine motion.

“But artificial disc replacement doesn’t stop patients from bending or flexing normally, making it an increasingly popular option for chronic back or neck pain,” Dr. Kadimcherla explains.

Best questions to ask in advance

Just because an innovative surgical option for back pain has emerged doesn’t make it right for everyone with back or neck pain, Dr. Kadimcherla notes. He suggests being ready to talk with your doctor about the possibility of artificial disc replacement with these 5 questions:

1.    Am I a good candidate for artificial disc replacement?

Disc replacement is a better option for certain patients, including those whose back pain originates in only 1 or 2 discs in the spine. People with slipped or herniated discs may be good candidates for the procedure, but not those who suffer from degenerative disc disease, which can affect the entire spinal column. It’s also important not to have significant joint disease or spinal nerve compression, Dr. Kadimcherla says. “Good candidates for this surgery aren’t excessively overweight and they haven’t undergone spinal surgery before,” he adds. “They also can’t have scoliosis or another deformity of the spine.”

2.    What happens during artificial disc replacement surgery?

In a 2- to 3-hour procedure, you’ll receive general anesthesia while lying on your back. While you’re asleep, surgeons will make an incision in your abdomen (if your disc replacement is occurring in the back), moving aside organs and blood vessels to allow access to your spine. If a disc is being replaced in your neck, the incision is made at the front of the neck. Your damaged spinal disc(s) will be removed and artificial disc(s) will be inserted in their place. After your incision is closed, you’ll go to a recovery room.

3.    Are there any risks to artificial disc replacement surgery?

Like any surgical procedure, artificial disc replacement poses certain risks, however minor. The operation requires greater access to the spine than other spinal surgeries, Dr. Kadimcherla notes. Potential surgical risks include infection; dislocation of the new disc; implant failure or breakage; implant loosening or wear; stiffness of the spine; narrowing the spine due to a breakdown in spinal bones; and blood clots in the legs.

4.    How can I prepare for artificial disc replacement?

Your doctor will take a detailed medical history and perform a thorough physical exam. You may also need imaging tests such as X-rays or an MRI or CT scan before surgery, along with blood tests. “Make sure to inform your doctor of all prescription and over-the-counter drugs you take as well as vitamins, herbs or other supplements, since medications and supplements can affect blood clotting and other aspects of healing,” Dr. Kadimcherla says. Just before surgery, you may be told not to eat or drink anything for several hours.

5.    What is recovery like from artificial disc replacement?

The days just after surgery should allow rest and healing, Dr. Kadimcherla says. You may stay in the hospital for a few days, and you won’t be allowed to drive right away when you get home. You may also need help at home with activities such as dressing, cleaning and shopping. Pain will be controlled with appropriate medications and you’ll be encouraged to walk about within the first day, he says. “While you’ll need to avoid any jarring movements for awhile, recovery should proceed steadily,” Dr. Kadimcherla explains. “Walking, stretching, and doing gentle exercises will all promote your return to normal life.”

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Praveen Kadimcherla, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Atlantic Spine Center.

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SureFire CPR

ORANGE, Calif. (PRWEB)
December 12, 2019

SureFire CPR, an organization dedicated to educating people in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Orange County California, additionally offers a scholarship for students pursing degrees in the medical field. The scholarship is now in its fourth year and has allowed students to subsidize the costs of obtaining degrees in these necessary academic areas. It is a prize of $1,000 and will allow students to pursue their field of choice.

The scholarship will be awarded to a student who is a superior academic, who showcases dynamic leadership qualities, and who is involved closely with their communities through service. Students enrolled in classes at schools offering training in medical fields like nursing, physical therapy or respiratory therapy are eligible to apply and students can be full-time, part-time or incoming. Previous scholarship rewards or monetary prizes have no impact on SureFire CPR’s award.

Applications are currently open. Those applying for the scholarship must provide a copy of an acceptance letter or a transcript verifying enrollment in a medical field. Also required is an essay of 200-300 words responding to the following questions: What was the defining moment when you knew that you wanted to pursue a career in the medical field? How do you plan to contribute to the medical community/humanity?

The deadline to submit is February 25, 2020. Applications will not be accepted afterward. The award winner will be announced in March 2020 on the website: https://www.surefirecpr.com/surefire-cpr-scholarship/.

To learn more about the scholarship, SureFire CPR or past scholarship winners, please visit: https://www.surefirecpr.com/surefire-cpr-scholarship/.

About SureFire CPR: SureFire CPR offers professional, affordable and convenient CPR instruction to the greater Southern California area. At their industry leading training facilities in Orange County and Riverside County, CPR classes and other certification programs are available to the public are and taught by professional firefighters, paramedics, lifeguards, ER nurses and EMTs. SureFire CPR also offers onsite training and CPR certification in Southern California for those wishing to learn at their home or business.

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One of PMB’s 2019 award winners was the 1100 Van Ness MOB in San Francisco.

We’re proud of the PMB team, which exhibited a great deal of creativity and determination to overcome a number of obstacles and deliver these much-needed medical facilities to their respective communities.

SAN DIEGO (PRWEB)
December 12, 2019

PMB was the big winner this year, becoming the first organization to have three winning healthcare real estate (HRE) development projects in a single year in the prestigious, national HREI Insights Awards™ program.

The PMB winners were: 1100 Van Ness, San Francisco, in the Best Medical Office Building (MOB) 100,000 or more square-foot category; Clinicas de Salud El Centro Health Center, El Centro, Calif., in the Best MOB 25,000-49,999 square-foot category; and Goodyear Medical Plaza, Goodyear, Ariz., in the Best Renovated or Repurposed Healthcare Facility category.

The annual awards, the first exclusively dedicated to recognizing excellence in the areas of HRE development and executive leadership, are presented by Healthcare Real Estate Insights™ (HREI) magazine, a national digital and print magazine that covers HRE development, financing and investment. The awards were presented in nine categories during the GlobeSt Healthcare Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 4.

“We are thrilled that the three healthcare development projects PMB entered in this year’s HREI awards were selected winners,” says Mark D. Toothacre, President of PMB. “We’re proud of the PMB team, which exhibited a great deal of creativity and determination to overcome a number of obstacles and deliver these much-needed medical facilities to their respective communities. These three awards are a great honor and a testament to our team’s hard work.”

The 250,000-square-foot, nine-story 1100 Van Ness facility is the first new multitenant MOB constructed since the 1980s in the highly competitive and regulated real estate market in San Francisco. The building is in a prime central location across the street from the new 274-bed California Pacific Medical Center and affords easy access to major San Francisco neighborhoods. The facility has enabled Sutter Health to better serve the growing population and comply with new California seismic building codes. The MOB and Sutter’s new master plan are allowing the health system and other private practices in the facility to consolidate multiple offices and services, which is decreasing their overall footprint and increasing practice and delivery efficiencies.

Murray Wolf, Publisher of HREI magazine, said the HREI Awards judges had a number of positive comments about PMB’s three winning entries, especially the 1100 Van Ness project. “One of the judges said that 1100 Van Ness was the most complicated project of this year’s competition,” says Mr. Wolf. “Another judge said, ‘A once-in-a-career project in terms of scope, complexity, size and quality. An epic development process and schedule in a great American city. This one has got to be the hands-down winner!’”

The new 45,000-square-foot Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo El Centro Health Center (Clinicas) was needed to expand healthcare services and access for the medically underserved, low-income community of El Centro, Calif., and the greater Imperial Valley. The new clinic also provides a much needed location for local students to complete their medical training/internship programs. PMB arranged for Federal New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) to help finance the new MOB with 100 percent of the NMTC benefit going to Clinicas. The new MOB is enabling Clinicas to launch new services, including pharmacy, dental and ophthalmology, create 152 new permanent jobs and increase patient capacity by 85 percent.

One HREI Awards judge said of the Clinicas project, “Kudos for delivering such a nice project to an underserved rural area.” Another judge echoed that sentiment: “Love the concept of using New Market Tax Credits and building in underserved areas.”

The Goodyear Medical Plaza in Goodyear, Ariz., was a challenging adaptive reuse project in which PMB converted the outdated, 1980s former Harkins Palm Valley movie theater into a modern, state-of-the-art medical facility. The new 50,000-square-foot MOB is allowing Abrazo Medical Group, an employed physician group for Phoenix-based Abrazo Community Health Network, to expand in the marketplace and serve the rapidly growing population. It also is enabling the physician group to provide additional office space for its newly recruited physicians. PMB brought the repurposed facility to market approximately 50 percent faster than a traditional ground-up construction project, allowing Abrazo to expeditiously reduce its physician shortage in the market.

The HREI judges were equally complementary about the Goodyear Medical Plaza. One noted, “Great reuse of a unique building.”

PMB-developed projects have been named finalists a total of 11 times and winners seven times in the seven years of the HREI awards.

About PMB

PMB’s mission is to improve healthcare delivery, effect change and positively impact communities. As a healthcare real estate developer focused on the continuum of care, PMB can provide the infrastructure to cure disease, heal families and empower the greatest minds in the industry. Healthcare is in our DNA. Our company is 100 percent focused on healthcare real estate across the continuum of care – from community-centric health and wellness to health-focused seniors housing, outpatient, inpatient and post-acute care. PMB has developed over 100 facilities to date representing approximately 5.5 million square feet. The firm owns and manages 66 medical facilities comprising over 4.2 million square feet. For more information, please visit http:// http://www.pacificmedicalbuildings.com.

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Amitabh Goel, MD

Dr. Goel is a dedicated innovator in the advancement of SCS technologies.

SARASOTA, Fla. (PRWEB)
December 12, 2019

When more conservative therapies have failed, pain management physicians often recommend spinal cord stimulation (SCS or neurostimulation therapy) for chronic pain relief.

SCS technology involves an implantable device that interrupts pain signals before they reach the brain, replacing those signals with a more pleasant sensation. This innovative treatment method has helped thousands of people significantly reduce their pain so they can return to their normal activities.

Dr. Amitabh Goel of Sarasota Pain Relief Centers has a special interest in the field of spinal cord stimulation. He has directly contributed to the advancement of this remarkable technology, having a number of innovative patents on improving the devices used for spinal cord stimulation.

Dr. Goel’s patents include:

• 
  Patent for a paddle lead for spinal cord stimulation introduced percutaneously. This is a method for introducing a paddle lead without performing the traditional open surgery used currently for inserting a paddle lead. [US Patent No.8620456]
• Patent for a novel steering head for percutaneously inserted spinal cord stimulation leads. This is a new lead design with significant advantages in terms of steering the lead inside the spine. [US Patent No. 9114249]
• Electrode Assembly for Spinal Cord Stimulation. Novel electrode configuration for delivering spinal cord stimulation. [US Patent Application No. 0056070]

Dr. Goel has proven to be a dedicated innovator in the advancement of SCS technologies. Sarasota Pain Relief Centers is pleased to have his expert contributions to our team of pain management specialists.

ABOUT DR. GOEL

Dr. Amitabh Goel has an extensive background in musculoskeletal medicine, having completed residency training in both orthopedics and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Additionally, he has practiced as an interventional physiatrist for more than 15 years.

Dr. Goel is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation with subspecialty certifications in pain medicine and neuromuscular medicine. He is also board certified by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Scotland. He has received numerous accolades from medical publications over the years, including “America’s Best Physicians,” “America’s Top Physicians” and “Top Doctor.”

In addition to serving as head of the pain management department of Via Christi Clinic in Wichita, Kansas, Dr. Goel has trained residents and fellows from Kansas University Medical Center. He has several first-author publications, which are widely cited in medical literature.

Dr. Goel believes in approaching each patient with compassion, and he’s committed to diagnosing and treating their underlying cause of pain rather than just their symptoms. He currently practices at the Florida Pain Relief Centers Sarasota location.

CAN SPINAL CORD STIMULATION RELIEVE YOUR PAIN?

Sarasota Pain Relief Centers’ board-certified physicians are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and a comprehensive, multi-modal approach to treating your chronic pain.

Whether the solution for your pain is spinal cord stimulation or another minimally invasive treatment method, our specialists maintain a focus on providing comprehensive, personalized care for each patient to determine the best treatment option for your individual pain condition.

At SPRC, our top priorities are relieving your pain and ensuring your comfort. If you are tired of living with chronic pain and want more information about options for minimizing or eliminating your suffering, contact Sarasota Pain Relief Centers today at (941) 363-9400 or visit http://www.YourPainReliefCenters.com to schedule a consultation at one of our clinic locations.

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U.S. Dermatology Partners’ Physicians recognized in peer-nominated award

The large number of our Texas physicians receiving this award is a tribute to the quality of care provided throughout U.S. Dermatology Partners in line with our vision of becoming the greatest dermatology organization in America.” Said Paul Singh, CEO

DALLAS (PRWEB)
December 12, 2019

Twenty-one U.S. Dermatology Partners doctors are being recognized by their peers as Super Doctors® in the December 2019 issue of Texas Monthly. Of those, eight will be recognized as members of the Super Doctors Hall of Fame and four of the eight have been voted by peers since the inception of the award.

In addition, 13 U.S. Dermatology Partners doctors were recognized as Rising Stars in the July 2019 issue of Texas Monthly.

Each year, Texas Monthly asks doctors across the state to nominate colleagues (excluding themselves) who they would trust for their own medical care. The Super Doctors research team then investigates independently. Candidates are evaluated based on peer recognition, professional achievement, and disciplinary history. The highest-ranking nominated physicians are asked to serve on a selection panel, which helps to determine the final list of Super Doctors. The final list represents 5% of Texas physicians. Hall of Fame members are those who have been selected for 10 or more years.

“We are extremely proud of our physicians for receiving this well-earned recognition due to their focus on delivering exceptional patient care experiences. The large number of our Texas physicians receiving this award is a tribute to the quality of care provided throughout U.S. Dermatology Partners in line with our vision of becoming the greatest dermatology organization in America.” Said Paul Singh, CEO

Doctors recognized as Rising Stars meet the same criteria as Super Doctors and have been actively practicing for 10 years or less. Only 2.5% of all active physicians are selected to the Rising Star list. The physicians being honored represent cities throughout the state of Texas including Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and Tyler.

The complete list is published in the December 2019 Texas Monthly.

U.S. Dermatology Partners Super Doctors Legacy Hall of Fame 2019

Recognized for Dermatology

Lawrence L. Anderson, M.D., Tyler – 15 years

Howard Rubin, M.D., Dallas – 16 years

Hans M. Sander, M.D., Austin – 15 years

Dale G. Schaefer, M.D., Austin – 16 years

U.S. Dermatology Partners Super Doctors Hall of Fame 2019

Recognized for Dermatology

Elizabeth Basler, M.D., Houston

Aaron K. Joseph, M.D., Pasadena

Mark Koone, MD, Sherman

Mark A. Price, M.D., Houston

U.S. Dermatology Partners Super Doctors 2019

Recognized for Dermatology

Ryan W. Ahern, M.D., Houston

Roopal Bhatt, M.D., Austin

Cindy Greenberg, M.D., Houston

Aubrey Chad Hartmann, M.D., Cedar Park

John LeVasseur, M.D., San Antonio

Monica Madray, M.D., Georgetown

Amy A. McClung, M.D., Austin

Shanna Burris Meads, M.D., Tyler

David W. Powell, M.D., Sugar Land

Bryan Selkin, M.D., Plano

Howard Steinman, M.D., Dallas

Danny R. Thomas, M.D., Fort Worth

Bryan L. Townsend, M.D., Austin

U.S. Dermatology Partners Rising Stars 2019

Recognized for Dermatology

Alma Criseida Berlingeri Ramos, M.D., Tyler

Breck Thrash, M.D., Dallas

Daniel Walker, MD, Grapevine

Jennifer Ranario, M.D., Austin

Seema Daulat, MD, Austin

Jessica Dorsey, M.D., Cedar Park

Weilan Johnson, MD, Georgetown

Laura Lester, M.D., Cedar Park

Leslie Scroggins Markle, M.D., Tyler

John “Jay” Wofford, MD, Dallas, Plano

Jennifer Holman, MD, Tyler

Michaela Overturf, MD, Nacogdoches

Trisha Patel, MD, Dallas

About U.S. Dermatology Partners

As one of the largest physician-owned dermatology practices in the country, U.S. Dermatology Partners patients not only have access to general medical, surgical, and cosmetic skin treatment through its coordinated care network, but also benefit from the practice’s strong dermatology subspecialty thought leaders and medical advisory board. To be the best partners to its patients, U.S. Dermatology Partners is fervently focused on providing the highest level of patient-first care, and its team therefore includes recognized national leaders in areas such as clinical research, psoriasis and Mohs Surgery. To learn more, visit usdermatologypartners.com.

Ensurem provides the technology behind this Medicare kiosk, further moving healthcare into the retail space.

What matters to consumers of every generation is the ability to understand their options and make what for them is the right choice.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (PRWEB)
December 11, 2019

Earlier this fall, Walmart opened a new 10,000-square-foot multi-service health center in the Atlanta suburb of Dallas, Ga. A second center, also more than six times the size of Walmart’s existing in-store care clinics, is planned for early next year [1]. More recently, Amazon has announced plans to extend its in-store pickup option, already available at 100 Rite Aid pharmacies, to a total of 1,500 GNC nutrition stores, Health Mart pharmacies and Stage Stores retail outlets [2]. “Increasingly,” says Dave Rich, CEO of Ensurem LLC, “healthcare offerings—including health insurance—are being made more easily available to people as they go about their everyday lives.”

Rich, whose company is an online, multi-carrier insurance brokerage, describes these developments as further signs that healthcare is an industry in transition—including his company who is at the forefront of the Medicare-insurance retail market. To point: The number of walk-in urgent care clinics in the U.S. increased almost 20 percent between 2015 and 2018 and now handle more than 29 percent of all primary care visits and nearly 15 percent of all outpatient physician visits [3]. These facilities are rapidly expanding not just in terms of importance, but also of capability; Walmart’s new health center in Georgia, in addition to primary and urgent care, offers lab testing, X-rays, EKG tests, psychological counseling, dental care, optical care and hearing services [4].

The emergence of walk-in clinics and expanded health services in Walmart locations points to the growing desire for consumers to access healthcare when they need it and where they want it.

Along with an expanding range of medical services, notes Rich, in-store clinics and kiosks serve as a frontline source of essential healthcare-related information. The Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) for Medicare, for example, affects millions of people, as 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 every day [5]. While some beneficiaries may qualify for special enrollment periods, changes to existing Medicare coverage for all other beneficiaries must be made during the annual time window from October 15 to December 7. Outside of AEP, Medicare Advantage enrollees are only allowed to make one additional change during the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period (OEP) from January 1 to March 31. Making the wrong decision can have serious long-term consequences, yet the options are often confusing and unclear [6].

To help seniors sort through these options and obtain the coverage they need, Ensurem, which has relationships with most of the major health insurance issuers in the U.S., maintains a presence in kiosks within several retail store chains. To date, with the help of companies specializing in health kiosk placements, Ensurem has deployed its first-in-industry software solutions to 4,500 of these kiosks in pharmacies and retail locations throughout the country to simplify the Medicare buying process.

Ensurem’s kiosk representatives provide information about, and help with, a wide range of other insurance issues as well. While Medicare coverage is a primary concern of Boomers, all age groups, says Rich, seem to enjoy face-to-face interaction. Warby Parker, he notes, which began life as a Millennial-centric, online-only optician, now has 96 bricks-and mortar stores in the U.S. and three in Canada [8]. The quintessentially Millennial haberdasher Untuckit, also originally an online-only operation, now has a chain 75 stores, coast to coast [9].

“What matters to consumers of every generation,” Rich says, “is the ability to understand their options and make what for them is the right choice. Whether a consumer accesses our platform purely online or through a visit to an instore kiosk, our goal is to simplify and clarify the process of evaluating and purchasing insurance—whatever kind of insurance that consumer needs.”

Ensurem has entered the retail Medicare solutions market with a large and swift capacity to assist over 300,000 seniors per month trying to navigate Medicare coverage options, including:

1.    Online marketing to create awareness and drive seniors to their easy-to-navigate Medicare sales platform;

2.    Call centers that log over 2,000 calls per day answering questions from confused seniors as to their benefits;

3.    Kiosks around the nation to answer seniors’ questions and supply the “brick-and-mortar” stability and familiarity;

4.    And forthcoming—an app to connect the above technology offerings into a seamless end-to-end experience.

“Buying insurance can be made simpler and clearer, and we believe it should be. Just because it’s important doesn’t mean it has to be hard—this is the new paradigm of healthcare-retail.”

About Ensurem:

Ensurem, headquartered in Clearwater, FL, is a leading technology and product distribution company serving carriers and consumers within the massive U.S. senior market. The company provides end-to-end solutions for carriers, including product development, digital marketing, and consumer-centric front ends and back end. For more information, please visit Ensurem.com.

1.    Japsen, Bruce, “Walmart’s First Healthcare Services ‘Super Center’ Opens,” Forbes, September 13, 2019.

2.    Brown, Dalvin, “Amazon expands in-store pickup service Counter to GNC, Health Mart and State Stores,” USA Today, October 23 2019.

3.    Alkon, Cheryl, “What’s behind the growth of urgent care clinics?”, Medical Economics, August 29, 2018.

4.    Lee, Jason, “Walmart opens its first in-store health center: Here’s why it’s different from other store clinics,” The Motley Fool, October 17, 2019.

5.    Coombs, Betha, “The 2020 Medicare enrollment season brings fierce competition for baby boomers among insurers,” CNBC, October 16, 2019.

6.    Miller, Mark, “If You Do Medicare Sign-Up Wrong, It Will Cost You,” New York Times, January 31, 2019.

7.    Pifer, Rebecca, “CVS to open 1.5K HealthHUB stores in next 2 years,” Healthcare DIVE, June 4, 2019.

8.    “Retail locations in the U.S.,” warbyparker.com/retail

9.    “75 Stores,” untuckit.com/blogs/store-locations