Walmart Health Moves Into Fla. With 5 Locations Using Epic Records System

Walmart Health is expanding into Florida with five locations, it said Tuesday. A Jacksonville healthcare location that opened Tuesday will be joined by others in the Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa areas over the next three months, the company said. The centers address a demand for healthcare in Florida, which has one primary care doctor per 1,380 residents, said David Carmouche, Walmart senior vice president-omnichannel care offerings. Walmart Health locations in Florida will be the first centers to use Epic health technology, which Walmart said is the most widely used health records system in the U.S., used by more than 2,000 hospitals and 45,000 clinics. Through the Epic system, Walmart Health will engage patients, healthcare professionals, insurance carriers and other stakeholders via a patient portal, it said.