Cleveland Clinic opens pharmacy to fill care gaps

Cleveland Clinic has opened a new community pharmacy at South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights. 

The pharmacy, located in the South Pointe Medical Office, aims to address growing concerns over pharmacy access in Cuyahoga County’s eastern suburbs, where many neighborhoods have been designated as pharmacy deserts from widespread closures, according to an Sept. 5 news release from the health system. Ohio lost 219 retail pharmacies in the past year, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy reported. 

“This location at South Pointe Hospital helps bridge a gap in care in this region,” Lindsey Amerine, PharmD, chief pharmacy officer for Cleveland Clinic, said in the release. 

Cleveland Clinic now operates 27 retail pharmacies across the region.

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