Health Mart is an independent pharmacy franchise with more than 5,000 member pharmacies across all 50 states. Each pharmacy is locally owned and operated, allowing Health Mart pharmacy owners to tailor their offerings to the specific communities they serve.
The Health Mart franchise is owned by Health Mart Systems, Inc., which is part of
McKesson Corporation.
History
In 1996 McKesson acquired FoxMeyer drug company. With this acquisition came the Health Mart franchise, which started with several hundred pharmacies. Since McKesson's acquisition of Health Mart, the franchise has expanded rapidly, and has received many awards from leading pharmaceutical industry publications.
Awards/Recognition
In 2007, Health Mart was named "Chain of the Year" by Drug Topics.
In 2011, Health Mart topped traditional chain drug stores in terms of pharmacy customer satisfaction in a
JD Power
J.D. Power is an American consumer research, data, and analytics firm based in Troy, Michigan. The company was founded in 1968 by James David Power III. It conducts surveys of customer satisfaction, product quality, and buyer behavior for the aut ...
study.
In 2013, Health Mart was recognized by Drug Store News as the nation's largest independent pharmacy franchise and one of the fastest growing drug store networks of any kind with more than 3,100 member stores.
In 2018, J.D. Power gave Health Mart the second-highest score in its rankings of brick-and-mortar chain drugstores.
Leadership
In January 2019, Health Mart announced it had hired Nimesh Jhaveri, formerly of
Walgreens
Walgreen Company, d/b/a Walgreens, is an American company that operates the second-largest pharmacy store chain in the United States behind CVS Health. It specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information, a ...
, to serve as its president.
Partnerships
In 2019, Health Mart announced a partnership with Amazon Hub Counter to allow its pharmacies to operate as package pickup locations.
In 2020, Health Mart began working with the
Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is ...
(HHS) to act as the community pharmacy representative for their Ready, Set, PrEP program. The Ready, Set, PrEP program provides
pre-exposure prophylaxis
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the use of medications to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing agent, usually a virus. The term typically refers to the use of antiviral drugs as a strateg ...
(PrEP) medications to at-risk individuals at no cost. More than 3,300 Health Mart pharmacies signed on to donate their dispensing fees as part of the program.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Mart again worked with HHS to develop
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
test collection sites at Health Mart pharmacies selected by HHS.
References
External links
Official website
Pharmacies of the United States
{{business-org-stub