As part of Walgreens ’ recent initiative to be a “ leader in healthcare engineering , ” the company is teaming up with Silicon Valley wellness startup Theranos to bid sleazy , phonograph needle - free blood tests . What ’s more , the Robert William Service will soon be coming to a drugstore near you , as they ’re planning to expatiate it to all 8,200 location .
The rotatory method of testing is a far battle cry from the ancestry trial we ’re used to . Instead , the Therano method acting is more cognate to a painless short digit prick . Except with just that single prick ( and the resulting 25 - 50 microliters of blood ) , Walgreens will be capable to perform up 70 dissimilar blood tests . And all it takes is the “ nanotainer ” you see below .
As far as pricing is concerned , Theranos has assure to keep its price to at least under 50 percentage of Medicare ’s own , andas you’re able to see on the companionship ’s internet site , most of those fall well below the $ 10 range . And as soon as you take the tests , a inviolable connection can blast the results over to your doctor , who would then see them in a thing of minute as opposed to Clarence Day .
While there ’s no definite timeline in terms of when we might start see the rollout take place , Walgreens ’ five - year health care plan would in all likelihood put it sooner rather than later . [ Pharmacy TimesviaEngadget ]
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