Aurora Pharmacy

Aurora Pharmacy is the retail and outpatient pharmacy arm of Aurora Health Care, part of Advocate Health. It provides everyday prescription services, medication counseling, vaccines and specialty pharmacy support for patients across Aurora’s Wisconsin network. Pharmacies are closely tied to Aurora’s clinics and hospitals, so prescriptions, refills and medication management are coordinated directly with patients’ care teams.

Aurora Health Care was founded in 1984 in Milwaukee and has grown over the last four decades into a leading regional health system through clinic development, hospital additions and expansion of outpatient services. As the system expanded, pharmacy operations grew from traditional hospital pharmacies into a broader in‑house network that supports hospital discharges, chronic disease management and immunizations for patients in the community. A major milestone came in 2018, when Aurora Health Care merged with Advocate Health Care to form Advocate Aurora Health, followed by the 2022 combination of Advocate Aurora and Atrium Health to create Advocate Health, now one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country. Within this larger organization, Aurora Pharmacy continues to operate under the Aurora Health Care name in Wisconsin, keeping a familiar local brand while drawing on system‑level resources and credit strength.

As of December 2025, Aurora Health Care operates about 70 pharmacies, primarily in Wisconsin, across hospitals, outpatient campuses and community locations. Most sites are on or adjacent to medical campuses rather than on standalone retail pads. Pharmacies fill prescriptions, handle refills, provide vaccines and carry common over‑the‑counter products, but they function as an extension of Aurora’s medical practices rather than as a traditional walk‑up drugstore competing on front‑of‑house retail.

Over roughly the last five years, Aurora Pharmacy’s growth has tracked the health system’s broader strategy of adding access points and strengthening outpatient and ambulatory care instead of pursuing rapid, freestanding chain expansion. The pharmacy platform has expanded its role through services such as mail‑order and specialty pharmacy support, as well as centralized functions that help with refills and prior authorizations for clinicians. While the overall store count has remained relatively stable, the pharmacies have become more deeply embedded in Aurora’s care model, supporting population health efforts and long‑term patient relationships across Wisconsin.

For landlords, brokers and developers, Aurora Pharmacy represents a health‑system‑anchored user with locations that are typically built into hospitals, medical office buildings and health‑focused neighborhood projects. Tenancy is backed by the larger Advocate Health enterprise and is generally tied to established care campuses with strong patient traffic. As Advocate Health continues to invest in Aurora’s Wisconsin footprint, new or renovated clinics and hospital campuses often bring pharmacy demand with them, creating opportunities in medical office, on‑campus retail and adjacent neighborhood centers within Aurora Health Care’s service area.