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On-site pharmacy at The Wright Center for Community Health open to the public
The Wright Center for Community Health’s first-ever pharmacy is now open for business.
The 1,400-square-foot pharmacy is located inside The Wright Center for Community Health Wilkes-Barre, 169 N. Pennsylvania Ave., providing convenient access to prescription medications and pharmacist support as part of The Wright Center’s integrated, whole-person primary and preventive health services delivery model. It is open to the public and can fill most prescriptions while customers wait. Some specialty medications may require 24 hours’ notice.
The pharmacy will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, under the leadership of licensed pharmacist Sarah Mucciolo, with support from licensed pharmacists Brianna Galvin and Michael Mucciolo. For more information, call the pharmacy at 570-866-3115.
The Wright Center for Community Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Wright Center Pharmacy Wilkes-Barre on Friday, March 13. The pharmacy provides convenient access to prescription medications and pharmacist support as part of The Wright Center’s integrated, whole-person primary and preventive health services delivery model.
It operates alongside a newly opened 1,400-square-foot laboratory run by HNL Lab Medicine that provides routine testing, further enhancing the services available at The Wright Center for Community Health Wilkes-Barre.
The new laboratory in Wilkes-Barre marks the third HNL Lab medicine patient service center located within a community health center, joining sites at The Wright Center for Community Health Mid Valley, 5 S. Washington Ave., Jermyn, and The Wright Center for Community Health Scranton, 501 S. Washington Ave.
“This pharmacy closes a critical gap by bringing medication access directly into our integrated care delivery environments, where primary care and specialty-enriched services, mental and behavioral health, dental care, laboratory testing provided by HNL Lab Medicine, and now pharmacy can all operate together under one roof,” Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, president and CEO of The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, said at March 13’s ribbon-cutting ceremony. “Importantly, this Wilkes-Barre pharmacy is designed to serve as a regional hub. Plans call for it to deliver prescriptions to our Community Health Centers in Lackawanna, Wayne, and Wyoming counties, ensuring that patients across our service area can access medications more conveniently, more affordably, and closer to home.”
State Representative Eddie Day Pashinski, standing, and Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown, seated at right, delivered remarks during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Wright Center Pharmacy Wilkes-Barre.
At the ribbon-cutting, Dr. Thomas-Hemak was joined by The Wright Center’s executive team, state Representative Eddie Day Pashinski, Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown, and other local dignitaries.
“If health care is not affordable, it is not accessible,” state Representative Pashinski said during the ceremony. “The Wright Center has found a way to provide affordability and accessibility, and this shining example should become a standard for our entire country.”
Mayor Brown praised The Wright Center’s work to transform an empty office building into a health care destination in the heart of Wilkes-Barre, saying he’s proud of how the community health center has improved access to health care right in the heart of the city.
“The Wright Center has become the cornerstone for providing health care to everyone in the community,” he said, adding that as long as he serves as the city’s mayor, The Wright Center will have his continued support.
The Wright Center for Community Health Wilkes-Barre recently received a Pride of Place Award from the Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce. The community health center offers affordable, high-quality, whole-person primary care, behavioral health, dental, pharmacy, and laboratory services conveniently located in the heart of downtown Wilkes-Barre. The location is accessible to patients who rely on public transportation and is within walking distance of many of the city’s high-rise apartments. The renovation was made possible by $4 million in state grants awarded through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program and $8.5 million of New Market Tax Credit financing provided through The Reinvestment Fund.
The Wright Center for Community Health accepts all insurance plans and offers a sliding-fee discount program to help ensure whole-person primary and preventive health services are affordable for everyone. For more information, visit TheWrightCenter.org or call 570-491-0126.
