BOSTON MA – American Well Inc., a Boston-based company that created an online system which lets consumers immediately connect with physicians from their homes or offices whenever they have a health need, on Thursday (April 22, 2010) announced it signed an agreement with the Rite Aid drugstore chain to test its service in selected Rite Aid locations.
Rite Aid’s interest plans to use American Well to let customers contact its pharmacists in live, interactive online consultations. Financial or other details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Rite Aid, headquartered in Camp Hill PA, operates 4,800 stores in 31 states, including two in Lower Pottsgrove, and others in Royersford, Limerick, Pottstown, North Coventry, Gilbertsville and Douglassville PA. The announcement did not specify if any local stores would be among American Well’s test sites.
Rite Aid said it would be the first drugstore chain in the nation set to bring American Well’s services to patients.
“We see the evolution of online care … spreading throughout the health care industry,” said Danielle Russella, executive vice president at American Well. “With this partnership, Rite Aid will pioneer the introduction of on-demand access to pharmacists through technology.”
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