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SpartanNash adds telehealth to pharmacy services menu

Partnership with Bonum Health offers digital access to primary care

Russell Redman

June 7, 2021

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SpartanNash pharmacies are offering the telemedicine service via Bonum Health's mobile app and website.Bonum Health

SpartanNash has enlisted digital health technology specialist Bonum Health to provide telehealth services to pharmacies in all company-owned supermarkets.

Under the partnership, pharmacies at Family Fare, Martin’s Super Markets, D&W Fresh Market, VG’s Grocery, Econofoods, Family Fresh Market and Forest Hills Foods stores will offer patients direct access to doctors and other health care providers via the Bonum Health mobile app and website, SpartanNash said Monday. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based grocery distributor/retailer operates 86 pharmacies in its 154 supermarkets.

Bonum Health care providers participating in the telemedicine program offer primary care and non-emergency services, according to SpartanNash. Patients can log in from a mobile device or computer for a one-time visit costing $29 or buy a telehealth subscription for $11 per month. Monthly subscriptions provide one adult and all household dependents ages 18 and younger with up to five telemedicine visits per month. Prescriptions, if needed, can be transmitted directly to a patient’s local SpartanNash pharmacy, providing added convenience.

“The SpartanNash partnership with Bonum Health promotes equitable access to U.S. board-certified providers and allows any guest who may be uninsured, underinsured or simply looking for cost savings with immediate, high-quality care,” SpartanNash President and CEO Tony Sarsam said in a statement. “This offering builds on the many great services and care already available from our SpartanNash pharmacists.”

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Patients can get care through one-time visit and monthly subscription options, and prescriptions can be sent directly to SpartanNash in-store pharmacies.

SpartanNash noted that its retail pharmacies also provide immunizations — including COVID-19 vaccines — as well as COVID-19 testing, the Timely Meds medication adherence program (pre-dosed monthly prescription packs), the Medsave card for discounts on prescription and over-the-counter medicines, and medication safety initiatives, among other health services. SpartanNash pharmacies are located in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

“Together, Bonum Health and SpartanNash can deliver an easy, end-to-end health care experience for patients who are on the go and needing quick, reliable medical advice, followed by a convenient place to pick up prescriptions, groceries and other household necessities,” commented Ashton Maaraba, president of Bonum Health, a unit of the Land O Lakes, Fla.-based TRxADE Group online drug marketplace, which serves more than 12,000 members nationwide. “With this partnership, Bonum Health and SpartanNash clinicians can seamlessly coordinate care to improve health outcomes and patient satisfaction.”

Related:Supermarkets rate high in pharmacy customer satisfaction

Other food and drug chains using Bonum Health services include Big Y Foods, Brookshire’s Food & Pharmacy and Kinney Drugs.

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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