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Big Y Foods to launch telemedicine service

Pharmacies to offer remote access to doctors via Bonum Health

Russell Redman

July 2, 2021

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Big Y will make the Bonum Health telehealth services available to patients at all of its in-store pharmacy and wellness centers.Big Y Foods

Regional grocer Big Y Foods plans to offer telehealth services under a distribution agreement with Bonum Health.

Tampa, Fla.-based TRxADE Health, parent company of Bonum Health, said yesterday that Big Y will make the telemedicine services available to patients of its in-store pharmacy and wellness centers. Overall, Big Y’s 85 stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut include 71 Big Y World Class Market supermarkets.

Bonum Health-telemedicine service-doctor.pngBig Y pharmacy patients can log in to the Bonum Health service from a mobile device or computer for one-time visits or purchase a monthly subscription. (Photo courtesy of Bonum Health)

With the deal, Big Y pharmacy patients get direct access to doctors and other health care providers through the Bonum Health mobile app and website. Bonum’s signature Mobile Health Services and prescriber program are staffed by more than 600 board-certified medical providers. The partnership also gives Big Y patients access to prescription drug discounts via Bonum Health. 

“Big Y wanted to expand our digital health care offerings and to enhance our collaborative care network. Bonum Health is a strategic partner that helps us diversify our in-store and community digital healthcare services,” Steve Nordstrom, director of center store and pharmacy at Springfield, Mass.-based Big Y Foods, said in a statement. “Their mobile application enables a turnkey telemedicine and prescriptions savings tool to seamlessly integrate into our Big Y pharmacies.”

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Bonum Health care providers participating in the telehealth program offer primary care and non-emergency services. Patients can log in from a mobile device or computer for one-time visits or purchase a monthly subscription. Prescriptions, if needed, can be transmitted directly to a patient’s local Big Y pharmacy.

Telehealth provides another option for affordable health care services, especially as the gap between uninsured and underinsured consumers widens, Bonum Health noted.

“We are thrilled and fortunate to team up with Big Y and their outstanding health and wellness leadership and in-store staff,” according to Ashton Maaraba, resident of Bonum Health. “Big Y pharmacy leadership recognized an opportunity to provide greater access to deeply discounted, low-cost care to their patients — in combination with furthering their prescription discounts — under our unique digital platform, and Big Y chose Bonum Health. We are looking forward to serving each Big Y consumer household.”

Besides Big Y World Class Market supermarkets, Big Y operates one Fresh Acres Market grocery store, one Table & Vine Fine Wines & Liquors store, and 12 Big Y Express fuel and convenience locations. 

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A health services IT firm, TRxADE Health focuses on digitizing the retail pharmacy experience and optimizing drug procurement. Along with Bonum Health, the company operates the TRxADE Group online drug marketplace, which serves more than 12,000 members nationwide.

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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