One of the offshoots of our odd healthcare system in the United States is the development of quick healthcare clinics, usually located within pharmacies. These retail clinics can help you check your blood pressure, give you a flu shot, and help you figure out if you need to see a doctor for that skin condition. It’s usually pretty quick (depending upon how busy they are), and inexpensive (since you’re paying out-of-pocket).
Now the Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation — a foundation that’s been around since 1943 — has announced its 2014 design challenge to help add mental health to the retail clinic equation.
It’s a design challenge whose time, perhaps, has come.