WinnMed Retail Pharmacy in to Open Thursday in Decorah, Donlon Pharmacy Closing Monday

A northeast Iowa hospital will begin serving patients in a new way starting this week.

WinnMed will open their new retail pharmacy on Thursday (02.01)  in the renovated North Building on their Decorah campus. Future plans include pharmacists serving in a consultative role for the Mayo Clinic Health System clinical practice at WinnMed, and providing a meds-to-beds program for hospitalized patients ready for discharge.

In preparation for the new pharmacy, the WinnMed Board of Trustees approved the acquisition of Donlon Pharmacy in downtown Decorah last June. 

Steve Slessor, WinnMed Chief Administrative Officer, says, “We are thrilled to be able to continue the long-standing tradition of locally owned pharmacy services here at WinnMed. We have tremendous respect for Donlon Pharmacy, that team and the work it does for the community. To have that team joining us and to work with them to continue to enhance retail pharmacy offerings in this community is beyond exciting.”

Donlon Pharmacy’s last day of operation is Monday (01.29). Any prescriptions not picked up by the 6 pm closing time will be returned to stock and will not be available to refill until the reopening as WinnMed Pharmacy on Thursday at 9am. All Donlon patients will automatically transition to WinnMed Pharmacy, unless the patient notifies the pharmacy of alternate preferences.

All Donlon pharmacy staff are also transitioning to WinnMed Pharmacy.