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Home Vaccine Program

About HomeVax Direct

Pharmacist-led home vaccine visits for homebound patients, personal care homes, and assisted living communities across Philadelphia County — with a particular focus on elderly and homebound individuals. We do not charge patients anything more for the home visit itself than what their insurance already covers — there’s no extra fee for the visit; for facilities, there is no cost, since visits are billed directly to insurance.

 

We serve over 1,000 homebound patients annually through this program (a separate figure from total vaccine doses administered — see stats below).

Vaccines offered

01

Flu

02

COVID-19

03

Shingrix

04

pneumococcal (pneumonia)

05

RSV

06

MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)

07

Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis)

08

Hepatitis A/B

09

and several other core recommended vaccines.

Key Points

How it works

01

Reach out by phone, email, or the online request form

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We call back the same business day to schedule

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We come to you — no extra visit fee, no hassle

Program history / timeline

01

May 2015

Shop & Carry Pharmacy opens, full-service pharmacy care begins

02

March 2021

 Home Vaccine Program launches in partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Health, deploying pharmacist-led teams to vaccinate homebound residents during COVID-19

03

2021–2025

 Since launch, we've expanded the program independently to offer flu, pneumonia, RSV, COVID, and shingles vaccines directly in patients' homes — with a continued focus on elderly and homebound patients

04

Today

 An established mobile vaccination service with pharmacist-led clinical staffing, physician-signed standing orders, and dedicated intake/scheduling

2025 vaccination volume (real data)

Since the program’s inception in March 2021, over 15,000 vaccine doses have been administered to homebound patients and facility residents across Philadelphia County.

Program leadership

Jittu George
Dr. Jittu George, PharmD
— Owner, Pharmacy Manager & Director of Pharmacy Services; co-founded Shop & Carry Pharmacy; founded the Home Vaccine Program in March 2021
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Merrill Mittathany, PharmD
Supervising Pharmacist, Home Vaccine Program; leads day-to-day clinical operations and on-site vaccine administration
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Alvin John
Director of Community Outreach & Vaccine Access; with Shop & Carry Pharmacy since its founding in 2015 and a core part of our team — connects underserved patients, families, and community partners to the Home Vaccine Program

Service area

Philadelphia County — individual homebound patients, personal care homes, and assisted living communities citywide.

Who we work with

Note for this flu season

A dedicated Home Vaccine phone line and online Vaccine Request Portal now available.

Connect With Us

Switching takes minutes — call or email with your prescription details, or your current pharmacy’s name and number, and we handle the rest. Free delivery starts on day one.