New store design concept rolls out

With a new store format rolling out across its network and a successful medication synchronization program well underway, Thrifty White is working hard to stay abreast of the changing retail pharmacy landscape.

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One of the major initiatives underway at Thrifty White is the continued rollout of its Healthy Outcomes pharmacy design. There are currently 24 locations that have been converted to the Healthy Outcomes model, and the company plans to have another 12 locations converted by the end of 2015. Going forward, the company looks to convert 10 to 12 stores a year.



Thrifty White’s Healthy Outcomes pharmacy features a new design with kiosk drop-off and pickup counters, ask your pharmacist desk, patient wellness rooms, patient education kiosk, a digital television for patient programs and services, and a pharmacy drive-through. The interior finishes include a maple-wood look throughout the store.



Meanwhile, Thrifty White continues to see great success with its medication synchronization program, which launched in November 2011. Today, about 57,000 patients are enrolled in the program.



Under this program, all of a patient’s prescriptions are synchronized. So patients on multiple medications can pick up all of their prescriptions at once. On pickup day, the pharmacist will review the prescription regimen, monitor changes from any doctor or hospital visits and check for any possible drug interactions.



In-store immunizations continue to be an important — and growing — service offering for Thrifty White as its immunization business more than doubled last year. And all of the stores now have a clear waiver to perform biometric screenings either on-demand at the store or off-site at, for example, an employer’s business.