May 19, 2021 – As of today, 1,370 community pharmacies affiliated with Health Mart and Health Mart Atlas have collectively administered one million COVID-19 vaccine doses.
Health Mart, the nation’s third-largest pharmacy chain by store count, and Health Mart Atlas, a network of more than 7,000 member pharmacies, are comprised of local, independent pharmacies, participating in state and federal vaccination programs, including Health Mart’s Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.
These pharmacists, and their staff, continue to be on the front lines of the COVID-19 response in their communities, many of which serve vulnerable populations.
More than 825 Health Mart pharmacies across 46 states are participating in Health Mart’s Federal Retail Pharmacy Program with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Health Mart pharmacy teams are reaching some of the most vulnerable to COVID-19 according to the CDC’s social vulnerability index (SVI).
Health Mart has facilitated COVID-19 vaccination training for more than 4,250 pharmacy staff members, secured 1,275 digital data loggers needed for proper vaccine storage and activated about 100 new stores a week.
Health Mart also provided an online vaccine scheduler, a patient administration documentation tool, and a resource platform to centralize access to vaccine training, tools, and resources, and streamlined required daily activity reporting.
In May 2020, select Health Mart pharmacies began COVID-19 test collection in partnership with an approved Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) testing contractor, eTrueNorth.
Participating Health Mart pharmacies offer free COVID-19 testing to patients and to date have collected more than 525,000 tests, the company says.
The Health Mart franchise is owned by Health Mart Systems, Inc., which is part of McKesson Corporation.