Uber Health Lets Doctor's Offices Order Patients a Ride

Take a md's appointment on your agenda only no style to get there? Uber just launched a new service that may solve that trouble.

Dubbed Uber Health, the service lets healthcare professionals club their patients a ride. More than 100 US healthcare organizations – "including hospitals, clinics, rehab centers, senior care facilities, home care centers, and physical therapy centers" – accept already been using the new service as part of a beta programme, Uber Wellness General Manager Chris Weber wrote in a blog mail.

"Every year, 3.six meg Americans miss doctor appointments due to a lack of reliable transportation," Weber pointed out, citing research from the Community Transportation Association. "These barriers are greatest for vulnerable populations, including patients with the highest burden of chronic disease."

With Uber Health, healthcare professionals can schedule rides for their patients to take immediately, or upwards to 30 days in the future.

"This allows for transportation to be scheduled for follow-up appointments while still at the healthcare facility," Weber wrote. "Multiple rides can be scheduled and managed at the same fourth dimension, all from a single dashboard."

As a patient, you don't fifty-fifty need to accept a smartphone to take reward of this new service. Uber will send you a text bulletin with your trip details or call your mobile phone or landline with this information.

"For many, their first ever Uber ride will be through Uber Health, so we're committed to providing the necessary education tools that ensure every patient feels comfortable and at ease during their journey," Weber wrote.

The list of healthcare organizations participating in the beta includes: Adams Clinical, Claret Centers of the Pacific, Georgetown Home Care, LifeBridge Wellness, MedStar Health, Manhattan Women'south Health, NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center, Pro Staff Physical Therapy, ProActive Work Wellness Services, Project Open up Hand, Renown Health, Thundermist Wellness Centre and Yale New Haven Health. Uber says the system is HIPAA compliant and lets organizations "easily keep rails of what they're spending on rides."

Meanwhile, this isn't Uber'due south first foray into healthcare. The company in 2022 experimented with on-demand flu shots.

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Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's proficient on fitness and smart home products. Teaching yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of continued health products including fettle trackers, heart rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, but to name a few.