Open today 10 AM – 6 PM · Free same-day delivery · Español
Open today 10 AM – 6 PM · Free same-day delivery · Español
From multi-dose blister packing and free same-day delivery to travel vaccines, pharmacist-prescribed birth control and compounding — Empire Health Pharmacy is an independent, integrative pharmacy at 627C Summit Ave serving Journal Square, The Heights, Downtown and all of Hudson County.
Care and counselling in English, Español and العربية — from a PharmD who has time for your questions.
Independent & NJ licensed · Free same-day delivery across Jersey City · Most insurance accepted
Chains optimise for throughput. We optimise for whether your medication actually works — which means synchronising your refills, packing them so they are impossible to muddle, delivering them free, and picking up the phone when something changes.
If you or someone you care for takes more than three medications, the hardest part is not getting them — it is taking them correctly, every day, for years. Med sync fixes the logistics. We align every prescription to a single monthly fill date, review the whole list before we pack it, and deliver it in one go.
Your medication then arrives in multi-dose blister packs: sealed cards sorted by day and by time of day, each dose labelled with the drug name, strength and when to take it. No seven sorting trays on the kitchen table, no wondering whether Tuesday evening got taken.
This is the same system we use for facility and group-home accounts, offered to households. If you are coordinating care for an older parent, our guide to senior wellness around Summit Plaza is a good place to start.
Not sure if we reach you? Check your address on the home page delivery map or just call.
Delivery is not an upsell here and it is not a subscription. If we fill it, we will bring it to you — anywhere in Jersey City and the surrounding Hudson County towns, the same day, at no cost, with no minimum order value.
That matters most on the days it is hardest to get out: after a hospital discharge, during a flare, in February, or when you are managing a parent’s medication from across town. It is also what makes med sync and blister packing work — one pack, one delivery, once a month.
Call (201) 266-0901 to confirm today’s cut-off time for same-day delivery to your address.
Every vaccine is administered by a certified pharmacist during pharmacy hours. No appointment needed for routine immunizations, and most are covered by insurance — including Medicare Part B/D and NJ FamilyCare.
Not sure what you are due for? Check the CDC immunization schedules or ask a pharmacist to review your record with you.
Jersey City travels — to Egypt, India, the Philippines, the Caribbean, West Africa and back again. Travel immunization is the service independents can offer properly and chains rarely do: an actual conversation about where you are going, for how long, and what you need before you fly.
Check requirements for your destination on CDC Travelers’ Health, then call us — some series need to start 4–6 weeks before you fly.
Since 2024, New Jersey pharmacists have been able to prescribe and dispense self-administered hormonal contraception directly — no doctor’s visit, no referral, no waiting weeks for an appointment. It is done under a statewide standing order and protocol from the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, announced by the Governor’s office in May 2024.
At Empire Health Pharmacy that means you can walk in, complete a short confidential health questionnaire, have your blood pressure taken, and leave with your contraception the same visit.
Some health histories fall outside what a pharmacist may furnish — in that case we will tell you plainly and refer you to a prescriber rather than sell you something unsuitable. Emergency contraception is also available over the counter.
Medication counselling only works if it actually lands. Getting dose timing, side effects and interactions explained in a second language, by someone translating on the fly, is how mistakes happen — and it is the norm at most counters in Hudson County.
Arabic-speaking pharmacist counselling — medication reviews, insurance questions and vaccine consultations, in Arabic. For the Egyptian and wider Arab community around Journal Square, this is not a translation line; it is the pharmacist.
Consultas y asesoramiento farmacéutico en español — recetas, vacunas, seguro médico y entrega gratuita el mismo día en todo Jersey City.
Plain-English explanations without the jargon — what the medication does, what to watch for, and what to do if you miss a dose. Ask as many questions as you like.
Serving Journal Square, The Heights, Downtown, Greenville, Bergen-Lafayette and the wider county — see our Jersey City neighbourhood wellness guide and Journal Square health archive.
Dispensing is the minimum. These are the services that change whether a treatment actually works — and they are the ones a pharmacist with time can do better than anyone else in the chain of care.
When the commercial product does not fit the patient, we make one that does — prepared to prescription in-house rather than ordered in and hoped for.
Most people who stop a GLP-1 stop because of side effects, injection anxiety or an insurance denial — not because it was not working. That is exactly the gap a pharmacist fills.
Continuous glucose monitoring has changed diabetes management, but only if someone shows you how to read what it is telling you.
Rapid CLIA-waived testing in the pharmacy, so you know what you are dealing with the same day rather than after a two-day wait for an appointment.
The services that are not profitable and matter anyway. No prescription and no appointment needed for any of these.
Independent pharmacies serve facilities better than chains because the account is not a rounding error — it is the business. We run the same blister-pack and med-sync systems for group homes, assisted living and adult day programmes that we run for households, with a named pharmacist you can actually reach.
Assisted living, group homes and adult daycare — multi-dose blister packing, cycle fills, eMAR support, on-call pharmacist access and in-service staff training.
On-site seasonal immunization for Jersey City offices, schools and community organisations. We bring the pharmacists, the vaccine and the paperwork; you provide a room and an hour.
Contract pharmacy partnerships with local FQHCs and covered entities under the HRSA 340B programme — keeping patients’ prescriptions in the neighbourhood.
We are at 627C Summit Ave in Journal Square, and free same-day delivery reaches every Jersey City neighbourhood plus Hoboken, Union City and North Bergen. Pick your area for local detail.
Answers to what people ask most about our services. Still unsure? Call (201) 266-0901 or send us a note.
Yes. Multi-dose blister packing is one of our flagship services. We synchronise every prescription to a single monthly fill date, a pharmacist reviews the full list, and your medication arrives in sealed cards sorted by day and time of day — delivered free, same day. It is designed for anyone taking several medications and for caregivers managing a parent’s regimen.
Yes. Since 2024, New Jersey pharmacists have been authorised under a statewide standing order and protocol to prescribe and dispense self-administered hormonal contraception — the pill, patch, ring and shot — without a doctor’s appointment. It involves a short confidential questionnaire and a blood-pressure check. If your health history falls outside what a pharmacist may furnish, we will refer you to a prescriber.
We offer destination-based travel health consultations and travel immunizations. Because some vaccines are given as a multi-dose series, call us four to six weeks before you fly where possible. Check your destination’s requirements on CDC Travelers’ Health first, then call (201) 266-0901 and we will plan the timing with you.
Yes — free, same day, with no minimum order, anywhere in Jersey City and nearby Hudson County towns including Journal Square, The Heights, Downtown, Hoboken, Union City and Bayonne. There is no subscription and no delivery fee. Call us to confirm today’s cut-off time for your address.
We provide non-sterile compounding to a prescriber’s prescription — paediatric flavouring and liquid conversions, dermatology preparations, hormone therapy in non-commercial doses, and veterinary compounding for pets. Call with the prescription and we will confirm what is possible and what it will cost before you commit.
We run a support programme for patients prescribed FDA-approved GLP-1 medication: injection training, side-effect and dose-escalation management, interaction review and insurance or prior-authorisation help including appeals. We do not dispense compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide — we support patients on manufacturer-supplied medication prescribed by their doctor.
We accept all major plans, including Medicare Part D, NJ FamilyCare and Medicaid, Horizon BCBS NJ, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Express Scripts, CVS Caremark and OptumRx. We also run coupons and generic alternatives before you pay. Call us to confirm your specific plan.
Yes. We provide facility servicing with multi-dose blister packing, cycle fills, eMAR support, on-call pharmacist access and in-service staff training. Get in touch to discuss an account and we will walk through how the transition works.
Tell us where your prescriptions are today. We handle your old pharmacy and your doctor, then call you when your first refill is ready — and deliver it free, the same day.
Read more on the Empire Health blog — including preventative care in Hudson County.
An independent, integrative pharmacy serving Jersey City and Hudson County. Your wellness begins here.
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Saturday 10 AM – 3 PM
Sunday Closed
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