When it comes to healthcare, we look to physicians, nurses, and specialists and trust them to be the experts when it comes to our health, but we don’t typically look to them to be technology experts. In fact, the healthcare industry, especially the back office, has been historically slow to adopt new technology, relying on paper records and pagers, fax machines and even hand delivery of files and records. Many clinics are not equipped to digitally connect to another office’s patient records.
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Uber Launches Uber Health, an On-Demand Medical Transportation Service for Patients
Uber, today announced the launch of Uber Health, a HIPAA-compliant service that lets health providers book rides for patients. According to the Transit Cooperative Research Program, a federally funded independent research entity, the non-medical-emergency medical transportation market is worth more than $3 billion.With Uber Health, coordinators can schedule rides on behalf of patients, caregivers and staff to take place immediately, within a few hours, or up to 30 days in advance. This allows
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MedStar Launches “Ride with Uber” for Patient Appointments
Maryland-based healthcare system MedStar Health and on-demand car service provider Uber are partnering to give patients a new option for ensuring they can get to and from healthcare appointments. Through this partnership, a “Ride with Uber” button is now displayed on MedStarHealth.org for patients who miss appointments or have to reschedule at the last minute frequently cite transportation as a factor.
“Patients expect the same level of seamless integration in health care as they do in other
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Practo, Uber Partner to Help Patients Reach Doctors in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore
India-based physician search portal Practo is teaming up with on-demand transportation platform Uber to make it easier for consumers to reach doctors, so they never have to worry about running late for an appointment. Starting this week, patients in India, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines who book an appointment via Practo's app will be able to see the closest Uber available when they get a reminder alert for their appointments.
How It Works
Using the Practo app, patients can view
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