HAL F. ROSENBLUTH ELECTED TO THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA
11.23.09
—Honored for Innovative Efforts to Create Greater Access to High-Quality, Affordable and Convenient Health Care—
—Rosenbluth Joined Distinguished Roster of Fellows at Formal Induction Ceremony on November 20—
PHILADELPHIA, PA — November 23, 2009 — Hal F. Rosenbluth, Walgreens senior vice president and president of Walgreens Health and Wellness division, has been elected to the Fellowship of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia was founded in 1787 by a group of physicians including Dr. Benjamin Rush, and is the nation’s oldest medical society, dedicated to advancing the cause of health while upholding the ideals and heritage of medicine.
As co-founder of Conshohocken-based Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens, Rosenbluth leads health care innovations in the consumer and employer space. Take Care Health Systems comprises the Walgreens Health and Wellness division and encompasses Take Care Consumer Solutions and Take Care Health Employer Solutions. Take Care Consumer Solutions manages Take Care Clinics at select Walgreens drugstores throughout the country. Take Care Health Employer Solutions manages primary care, health and wellness, occupational health, pharmacy and fitness centers at large employer campuses. Combined, Take Care Health Systems operates more than 700 worksite and retail health care centers, representing millions of patients treated in Take Care Health facilities, unprecedented access to health care and potentially millions of dollars saved for the health care industry.
“Hal has been a charismatic force behind the development and expansion of innovative health care delivery models that reduce costs while providing patients with unprecedented access to high-quality care,” said Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, executive director of the National Nursing Centers Consortium and the Convenient Care Association, as well as a current Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
“We are very happy to welcome Hal to the Fellowship. As a business leader, he brings a unique perspective of the growing issues that face the healthcare community,” said George M. Wohlreich, Director and CEO of the College.
Prior to joining Walgreens, Rosenbluth was president and CEO of Rosenbluth International (RI), a Philadelphia-based global travel management company. He built RI into a $5 billion business with 4,300 employees operating in 35 countries before selling the company to American Express in 2003. The following year, he co-founded Take Care Health Systems, a health care organization dedicated to creating high-quality, affordable and convenient access points. In addition to overseeing the launch and evolution of more than 350 Take Care Clinics at Walgreens drugstores, Rosenbluth pioneered the acquisition of two leading providers of worksite-based health, wellness and pharmacy services. In 2008, Chadds Ford-based CHD Meridian Healthcare and Cleveland-based Whole Health Management combined to form Take Care Health Employer Solutions bringing the total number of clinics and health centers operated by Walgreens Health and Wellness division to over 700 nationwide.
Rosenbluth is the New York Times best-selling author of The Customer Comes Second, a book focusing on how to create a great service organization by first focusing on employees. The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Inc. Magazine, CIO Magazine and The Financial Times have recognized Rosenbluth as an unconventional leader, a visionary and a trendsetter. Fortune Magazine, among others, celebrated RI as one of the best companies to work for in America and RI was named service company of the year by Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence.
Rosenbluth is the recipient of the Marco Polo Award by the U.S.-China Foundation for International Exchanges and the Humanitarian Award, presented by the Foundation of Christians and Jews.
About WalgreensWalgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2009 sales of $63 billion. The company operates 7,105 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Walgreens provides the most convenient access to consumer goods and services and cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services in America through its retail drugstores, Walgreens Health Services division and Walgreens Health and Wellness division. Walgreens Health Services assists pharmacy patients and prescription drug and medical plans through Walgreens Health Initiatives Inc. (a pharmacy benefit manager), Walgreens Mail Service Inc., Walgreens Home Care Inc., Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy LLC and SeniorMed LLC (a pharmacy provider to long-term care facilities). Walgreens Health and Wellness division includes Take Care Health Systems, the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.
Key Contact:
Gabe Weissman
484-351-3040
gabriel.weissman@takecarehealth.com
for Take Care Health Systems