Uber Health, the healthcare arm of transportation firm Uber, introduced the launch of a further providing on its platform that permits customers to handle same-day prescription supply.
Because of an integration with ScriptDrop, Uber Well being customers will have the ability to handle supply of their prescription from a pharmacy inside their service space and observe when their prescription will arrive.
Uber Well being’s prescription administration providing is an add-on to the platform’s present dashboard, which permits customers to schedule non-emergency medical transportation for rides to and from appointments.
“At Uber Well being, we’re constructing options that handle classes we’ve discovered from years at healthcare firms working in value-based care contracts. An excessive amount of time has been spent making certain sufferers had a trip to their follow-up appointment, had picked up the best prescriptions or had entry to meals,” Caitlin Donovan, international head of Uber Well being, stated in an announcement. “That’s why I’m proud so as to add a scalable prescription supply resolution to our platform that empowers care groups to totally shut the loop. From prescription supply and NEMT [non-emergency medical transportation] immediately to wholesome meals and grocery supply within the coming months, Uber Well being stays dedicated to delivering a extra related care journey by a single, seamless platform.”
THE LARGER TREND
In 2020, on the peak of the pandemic, Uber Well being announced a partnership with on-demand digital prescription platform NimbleRx to incorporate pharmaceutical supply by its platform in Seattle and Dallas.
Final yr, Uber Well being partnered with Walgreens and DoorDash to ship Paxlovid, an oral antiviral remedy for COVID-19, to underserved communities.
By the partnership, eligible sufferers dwelling in deprived communities as measured by the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index might obtain free supply for his or her Paxlovid prescriptions on Walgreens.com or by the Walgreens app.
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