Health Mart

In 1996, McKesson Corporation acquired FoxMeyer drug company. With this acquisition came the Health Mart franchise, which started with several hundred pharmacies.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-08-07|title=McKesson Corporation Review|url=https://phaniinvestors.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/mckesson-corporation-review/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Phani Investors}} Since McKesson's acquisition of Health Mart, the franchise has expanded rapidly and received many awards from leading pharmaceutical industry publications.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

In 2007, Health Mart was named "Chain of the Year" by Drug Topics.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2007-04-16|title=Health Mart: "Drug Topics'" 2007 Chain of the Year|url=https://www.drugtopics.com/article/health-mart-drug-topics-2007-chain-year?qt-resource_topics_rightrail=1|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Drug Topics}}

In 2011, Health Mart topped traditional chain drug stores in terms of pharmacy customer satisfaction in a JD Power study.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2011-09-20|title=Good Neighbor, Health Mart lead in Rx satisfaction|url=https://www.chaindrugreview.com/good-neighbor-health-mart-lead-in-rx-satisfaction/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Chain Drug Review}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Frederick|first=Jim|date=2013-10-10|title=Tracing the growth of a pharmacy juggernaut|url=https://drugstorenews.com/pharmacy/tracing-growth-pharmacy-juggernaut|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Drug Store News}}

In 2018, J.D. Power gave Health Mart the second-highest score in its rankings of brick-and-mortar chain drugstores.{{Cite web|last=Major|first=Meg|date=2018-10-02|title=Wegmans Claims Top Honors in J.D. Power Pharmacy Rankings|url=https://www.winsightgrocerybusiness.com/retailers/wegmans-claims-top-honors-jd-power-pharmacy-rankings|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Winsight Grocery Business}}

In January 2019, Health Mart announced it had hired Nimesh Jhaveri, formerly of Walgreens, to serve as its president.{{Cite web|title=Health Mart adds Jhaveri as president|url=https://drugstorenews.com/pharmacy/health-mart-adds-jhaveri-as-president|last=Salazar|first=David|date=2019-01-29|website=Drug Store News|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-26}}

In 2019, Health Mart announced a partnership with Amazon Hub Counter to allow its pharmacies to operate as package pickup locations.{{Cite web|title=Health Mart Announces Partnership with Amazon Hub Counter|url= https://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/health-mart-announces-partnership-with-amazon-hub-counter|date=2019-10-24|website=Pharmacy Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-26}}

In 2020, Health Mart began working with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to act as the community pharmacy representative for their Ready, Set, PrEP program.{{Cite web|title=Health Mart independent pharmacies donate their dispensing services to HHS to support the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative|url= https://www.pharmacist.com/article/health-mart-independent-pharmacies-donate-their-dispensing-services-hhs-support-ending-hiv|last=|first=|date=2020-03-04|website=APhA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-26}} The Ready, Set, PrEP program provides pre-exposure prophylaxis (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 test collection sites at Health Mart pharmacies selected by HHS.{{Cite web|title=Select Health Mart pharmacies to roll out COVID-19 testing|url= https://drugstorenews.com/select-health-mart-pharmacies-roll-out-covid-19-testing|last=Levy|first=Sandra|date=2020-04-29|website=Drug Store News|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

• Republic Drug Store, an historic pharmacy and franchise member of Health Mart{{cite web |author= |title=Republic Drug Store |website=Health Mart |url=https://stores.healthmart.com/republicdrugstore/stores.aspx |access-date=July 31, 2024}}{{cite web |author= |title=Republic Drug Store |website=Ferry County Health |url=http://www.fcphd.org/RDS.html |access-date=July 31, 2024}}

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• [http://www.healthmart.com/ Official website]

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