Future Shop Podcast with WSL
EP92: How Retail Can Bring Accessible Health Care to Communities Everyday with Kevin Host, Walmart
May 21, 2025
Season 5
Episode 92
WSL
In this episode, Wendy Liebmann talks to Kevin Host, SVP Health & Wellness Pharmacy at Walmart about how the retailer is bringing accessible health care to communities across the US, every day and in times of crisis.
They discuss:
- The ongoing challenges to delivering easy to access pharmacy and medical care in the US
- How Walmart is bringing solutions to “health deserts”
- The ways technology – from automatic pharmacy fills to home delivery -- are enabling pharmacists to deliver healthier patients outcomes, easier access and better in-store experiences
- Walmart’s “health strategy” that involves, more affordable nutritional options, Nourish My Health
- How other countries are addressing the challenges of health coverage
- Accessible health care in times of weather-related crises
- And, the role of drones, new store formats, parking lots and more.
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