Sarasota, FL-based healthcare communication company Voalte is teaming up with Uber and Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, to create a new Voalte app that could make scheduling transportation easier for patients who need a ride to their doctors’ or medical appointments.
Pilot Program Details
The pilot program will integrate Voalte's app with Uber’s internet-enabled platform to give a group of Sarasota Memorial patients discharged from the hospital a convenient option to pre-arrange
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Uberization of Healthcare
Solutionreach, Uber Integrate to Improve Patient Accessibility
Solutionreach, a Utah-based provider of patient relationship management solutions, announced that they have integrated with Uber, the on demand service that connects riders to local drivers through a mobile app. The integration will be used to improve healthcare by making it easier and more convenient for patients to connect to their providers.
The combination of the Solutionreach intelligence, which identifies when a patient needs to be seen by their doctor, and Uber's ability to precisely
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The Uberization of Healthcare
Editor's Note: Stuart Karten is the principal of Karten Design, a product innovation consultancy creating positive experiences between people and products specializing in health technology. This post was adapted from a speech given at MD&M West on Feb. 12.
The Uber business model will soon come to healthcare.
Just as Uber changed transportation in positive—and sometimes controversial—ways, healthcare will be infiltrated by startups wanting to change the healthcare model from
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