Hal Rosenbluth

Hal Rosenbluth is an American businessman and author. He served as president of the travel management company Rosenbluth International. In 2003, Rosenbluth led the sale of Rosenbluth International to American Express.

Rosenbluth later founded Take Care Health Systems, an in-store clinic operator, which he later sold to Walgreens. Following the sale, he led Walgreens’ Health and Wellness Division.

Rosenbluth has authored four books: The Customer Comes Second, Good Company, Care to Compete, and Hypochondria: What's Behind the Hidden Costs of Healthcare in America.

Education Hal Rosenbluth attended college at the University of Miami where he graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies.

Career

Rosenbluth International Rosenbluth International was started in Philadelphia in 1892 when Hal Rosenbluth's great-grandfather started assisting European immigrants by charging boat passage to New York and transportation from Ellis Island to Philadelphia.

Rosenbluth set up computer operations in 1978 where they could book everything digitally. Linton set up an office in the town and employed a substantial workforce. Take Care Health Systems is a chain of “quick-care, no-appointment-needed” clinics that opened their first retail outlet in 2005.

In 2007, Rosenbluth sold Take Care Health Systems to Walgreens as a wholly owned subsidiary for an undisclosed amount; at the time of the sale there were 51 locations. In 2013, Walgreens rebranded its Take Care Clinics as Healthcare Clinics. Rosenbluth later created Take Care Health Employer Solutions, which offered a full range a health services to employers to deal with rising healthcare costs.

Walgreens Following Walgreens’ acquisition of Take Care Health, Rosenbluth was named President of Health and Wellness at Walgreens. In 2010, Rosenbluth also became head of Walgreens Health Initiatives, a pharmacy benefit management company, which was later sold to Catalyst Healthcare Solutions.

Rosenbluth retired from Walgreens in April 2011.

New Ocean Health Rosenbluth founded New Ocean Health in 2013. The company develops health-related software products, with a focus on chronic disease management and wellness programs.

Author Rosenbluth co-authored with Diane McFerrin Peters his first book, The Customer Comes Second, released in 1992 (revised 2002) in which he talks about the importance of making employees the first priority and customers second, and then success will follow.

In 1998, he released his second book also co-authored with McFerrin Peters, Good Company. In 1999, Rosenbluth released his third book co-authored with McFerrin Peters, Care to Compete. He released his fourth book, Hypochondria: What’s Behind the Hidden Costs of Healthcare in America, June 18, 2024, co-authored with Marnie Hall.

Books Rosenbluth, Hal F., and Diane McFerrin Peters. The Customer Comes Second: Put Your People First and Watch ’em Kick Butt. HarperBusiness, 2002. Rosenbluth, Hal F., and Diane McFerrin Peters. Good Company: Caring as Fiercely as You Compete. Addison-Wesley, 1998. Rosenbluth, Hal F., and Diane MacFerrin Peters. Care to Compete? Secrets from America’s Best Companies on Managing with People and Profits in Mind. Perseus Books, 1998. Rosenbluth, Hal, and Marnie Hall. Hypochondria: What’s behind the Hidden Costs of Healthcare in America. Rodin Books, 2024.