Walgreens Introduces Destination-Specific Travel Health Services, Including Consultations & Immunizations, for Globe-Trotting...
April 21 2014 - 11:13AM
Business Wire
Specially-trained pharmacists help prepare
international travelers headed to India, China, Brazil, Aruba and
Saudi Arabia as well as other global destinations
Further expanding the scope of convenient, preventive health
care services provided by its community pharmacists, Walgreens
(NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) is now offering expanded travel health
services, including immunizations and consultations1, to support
nearly 60 million annual planned trips by U.S. residents outside
the country2.
Appointments are available with pharmacists specially trained in
travel health, who can advise patients traveling abroad on required
or recommended immunizations, prescription refills and
over-the-counter medications, and destination-specific information
including any known health or safety risks. Walgreens specially
trained pharmacists can also administer CDC-recommended travel
immunizations such as yellow fever, typhoid and polio
vaccines3.
Travel immunizations are widely available at more than 5,000
Walgreens stores in 41 states. Full travel consultations, which can
include immunizations and other services, are currently offered at
1,500 locations.
“Our pharmacists frequently interact with patients as they plan
travel, and this is another way we can provide personalized
services to help them best prepare and stay well while abroad,”
said Jack Cantlin, Walgreens divisional vice president, retail
clinical services. “In addition to immunizations, there’s a lot of
pertinent health information people need when traveling to other
parts of the world. By expanding our travel health services and
spending more time with patients, Walgreens can serve as a
convenient resource for all international travel needs.”
Walgreens travel health consultations are private appointments
tailored to each individual’s personal medical history, travel
destination and other informational needs. Consultations include
travel itinerary review and recommendations on immunizations,
prescriptions refills and over-the-counter medications. Patients
can select between a 15-minute consultation or the 30-minute
consultation inclusive of immunization and medication refill
recommendations, a personalized travel health report and
development of reference and vaccination documentation required for
travel in a number of countries. Prices for consultations vary and
start at $19.99.
Travelers can also schedule an appointment for travel
immunization only. Walgreens suite of travel immunizations
includes:
- Hepatitis A and B
- Japanese encephalitis
- Polio
- Rabies
- Typhoid
- Yellow fever
To find the nearest Walgreens offering travel health
immunizations and services, visit www.walgreens.com/travelhealth, or call 1-877-W-and-YOU
(1-877-926-3968).
Travel health consultations and immunizations are available at
select stores during pharmacy hours with a scheduled appointment.
Pharmacists use published travel guidelines that are updated daily
to provide travel health information.
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 8,209 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 and
in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 750 locations
throughout the country.
1 Available for customers 18 years and older
2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Health
Information for International Travel 2014. New York; Oxford
University Press; 2014.
3 Vaccines subject to availability. Age, state and health
related restrictions may apply
WalgreensMarkeisha Marshall, (847)
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