Walgreens forms joint venture

Deerfield-based Walgreens entered into a joint venture with Vanderbilt Medical Center, a Nashville-based comprehensive health care facility and a major patient referral center for the mid-South. The joint venture will operate under the name Vanderbilt Home Care, affiliated with Walgreens Infusion and Respiratory Services, and will be located in Brentwood, Tenn. Vanderbilt also operates a traditional home health agency in addition to the Walgreens joint venture. The agency provides nursing, physical, speech and occupational therapies, social work and private duty services and will support the infusion nursing needs required for home infusion therapies.