Officials from Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) and Johns Hopkins
Medicine (JHM) today celebrate the expansion of a unique collaboration
between the two parties, with the grand opening of a new Walgreens store
adjacent to the JHM campus. The store project is a joint effort to bring
new health and wellness programs and other health care services to the
surrounding community, furthering the partnership between Johns Hopkins
and Walgreens to explore the development of new models for improving
overall patient care.
“This store is an ideal environment for our pharmacists and the
Healthcare Clinic nurse practitioners to work with Johns Hopkins
Medicine faculty to further innovate in health care while providing
greater access to services for the community,” said Kermit Crawford,
Walgreens president of pharmacy, health and wellness. “We’re proud of
the great work that’s being done through this unique collaboration that
led to this store’s opening as a model of our partnership to help
students, staff and area residents get, stay and live well.”
The new Walgreens “Well Experience” store offers health services, as
well as healthy food options and a full selection of other daily living
products. In addition to its pharmacy, the store brings other health
care resources to the community with a new Healthcare Clinic, staffed by
board-certified nurse practitioners, marking the first Walgreens
in-store retail clinic in the state of Maryland.
The store is located at the Science and Technology Park adjacent to the
Johns Hopkins medical campus at 900 N. Washington St., Baltimore.
New services now available include:
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Student health services – clinical, pharmacy and retail products and
services
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Healthcare Clinic – with extended evening and weekend hours, providing
assessment, treatment and management of certain chronic conditions, as
well as care for minor illness and injuries, immunizations, preventive
health screenings/counseling and more
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Chronic disease education and awareness programs
Other programs and services planned to be offered soon include:
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Smoking cessation
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HIV testing – part of a Walgreens program supporting people living
with HIV/AIDS, offering accessible health and wellness guidance and
testing programs/services
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Travel immunizations
“These programs will provide a novel approach to population health and
medical services,” said Patricia M.C. Brown, J.D., president of Johns
Hopkins HealthCare. “They will benefit not only the surrounding
community, but also form the level of health care collaboration that
could serve as a national model.”
“We have been working with Walgreens for more than a year to develop
collaborative approaches to population-based research which utilize the
strengths of both organizations to improve health outcomes for
patients,” said Jeanne M. Clark, M.D., director of the Division of
General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine. “The opening of the new Walgreens store increases our
potential to advance population health in the community and across the
country and is a mechanism to expand our relationship with Walgreens.”
Walgreens to Provide Initial Funding for Brancati Center for
Advancement of Community Care
As an extension of the collaboration with Johns Hopkins, Walgreens today
announced it will provide the initial funding for the new Brancati
Center for the Advancement of Community Care. The center, part of the
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will develop and test new
models of collaborative care to improve the health of communities using
the unique skills and perspectives of a diverse group of clinicians
including pharmacists, nurse practitioners and others.
The center is named in honor of the late Frederick L. Brancati, M.D.,
Johns Hopkins’ longtime professor of medicine and epidemiology and
director of the Division of General Internal Medicine. Brancati was an
internationally recognized expert on epidemiology and the prevention of
Type 2 diabetes. Walgreens and Johns Hopkins will work together toward a
goal of raising $10-$15 million in contributions over the next five
years.
“Pharmacists and nurse practitioners are playing a critical role in
health care today, and we share the Center’s mission on a local,
national and global scale to further the study and development of new
health care models that allow these clinicians to practice at the top of
their licensure and training while serving as a part of patients’ care
teams,” said Harry Leider, M.D., Walgreens chief medical officer.
About Walgreens
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2013 sales of $72
billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com)
vision is to be the first choice in health and daily living for everyone
in America, and beyond. Each day, Walgreens provides more than 6 million
customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and
services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness
services and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of
pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility
and mail service, along with respiratory services. These services
improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers,
managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers
and the public sector. The company operates 8,131 drugstores in all 50
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the
largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness
centers, provider practices, and in-store convenient care clinics, with
more than 750 locations throughout the country.
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