Retail locations will offer 7-day-a-week
availability of healthcare providers
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 24,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Walgreens and Hartford
HealthCare will add health clinics to select Walgreens locations in
Connecticut, advancing a unique
retail health model based on convenience, access to care,
affordability and health equity. This is Walgreens first retail
clinic collaboration with a health system in New England.
Under a clinical collaboration agreement, five clinics operated
by Hartford HealthCare medical providers will be added to
Walgreens locations, including 340 Flanders Road, in
East Lyme (at Flanders Four
Corners); 2 Shaker Road, in Enfield; 235 Main Street, in Norwalk; and 203 Kennedy Drive, in
Putnam. One additional location
will be announced in the coming months. Hartford HealthCare at
Walgreens clinics are scheduled to open within a year and will
offer primary care, screenings, vaccinations, confidential
telehealth services and more, seven days per week by
appointment or walk-in.
The collaboration is based on the organizations' shared vision
to improve access to care, reduce healthcare costs and offer
convenient access to essential primary care and pharmacy services.
The locations will offer consumers a convenient destination to
access both Walgreens experience in community retail health
and pharmacy operations and Hartford HealthCare's expertise in
delivering patient care, employing highly qualified medical
professionals, and operating health centers.
Hartford HealthCare at Walgreens will combine
in-person care from a medical professional and, when needed,
confidential in-store virtual care. For ease of access, an employee
of Hartford HealthCare Medical Group will provide patient
registration and point-of-care services, while a Medical Group
primary care provider will offer private virtual care visits,
including referrals as needed. Rounding out the experience,
patients will have convenient access to Walgreens pharmacy and
retail services.
"Hartford HealthCare is intent on changing the way healthcare is
delivered, and this collaboration with Walgreens is another example
of the variety of convenient offerings and care settings we are
adding," said Jeffrey A. Flaks,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Hartford HealthCare. "Our
organizations are working together to combine resources and best
practices to create an innovative retail health environment that
meets consumers' needs and exceeds their expectations."
"Walgreens is committed to providing patients the care they need
when and how it is most convenient for them," said John Driscoll, executive vice president and
president, U.S. Healthcare, Walgreens Boots
Alliance. "Through this special collaboration with
Hartford HealthCare, we can help keep patients more
connected to high-quality care and foster long-term
relationships and behaviors that help patients get and stay
healthy."
Together, Walgreens and Hartford HealthCare will provide
one-stop convenience — a community health destination offering a
health clinic, pharmacy services and retail all in one location.
Patients can see their provider, pick up their medications and go
shopping at their neighborhood Walgreens. Nearly 80% of
Americans live within five miles of a Walgreens store.
About Hartford HealthCare
With 37,000 colleagues,
Hartford HealthCare's unified culture enhances access,
affordability, equity and excellence. Its care-delivery system —
with nearly 500 locations serving 185 towns and cities — includes
two tertiary-level teaching hospitals, an acute-care community
teaching hospital, an acute-care hospital and trauma center, three
community hospitals, a behavioral health network, a multispecialty
physician group, a clinical care organization, a regional home care
system, an array of senior care services, a mobile neighborhood
health program and a comprehensive physical therapy and
rehabilitation network. On average, Hartford HealthCare touches
more than 23,000 lives every single day. The unique, system-wide
Institute Model offers a unified high standard of care in crucial
specialties at hospital and ambulatory sites across Connecticut offering unparalleled excellence
at the most affordable cost. The institutes include: Ayer
Neuroscience, Behavioral Health, Cancer, Digestive Health, Heart
& Vascular, Orthopedics and Tallwood Urology & Kidney.
Visit Hartford HealthCare at www.HartfordHealthCare.org and stay
connected through newsletters and social media.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is
included in the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments
of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated
healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader with a 170-year heritage of
caring for communities. WBA's purpose is to create more joyful
lives through better health. Operating nearly 9,000 retail
locations across America, Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health
destination serving nearly 10 million customers each day. Walgreens
pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by
providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services,
including those that drive equitable access to care for the
nation's underserved populations. To best meet the needs of
customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel
experience, with fully integrated physical and digital platforms
supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products
and services in communities nationwide.
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