Artificial intelligence (AI) holds potential to forecast and predict where hospital leaders should direct limited resources such as clinicians, staff, and beds to improve operational efficiency and drive better patient outcomes.
As poverty, food insecurity, inadequate housing, and complex comorbidities persist, it is essential that rural healthcare leaders have tools and systems in place to address the health of their neighbors.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Switching to a new transportation management vendor can bring much-needed relief to member populations and plan staff managing the programs. Here are few tips to help make the transition easier.
When we consider the value of NEMT services, it’s critical to start with how these services impact the individual. Transport providers are on the frontlines of helping to ensure equal access to care and prevent long-term health issues that may arise from missed appointments.
Highly sophisticated brokers and their transportation provider networks have invested in these improvements that have reshaped the industry
Uber Health unveiled Uber Caregiver on Wednesday. The solution allows caregivers to coordinate rides and deliveries on the behalf of the ones they're caring for.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
About 8% of Black adults and 7% of Hispanic adults skipped care because of transportation challenges in the last year, compared to 4% of White adults and 2% of Asian adults, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition, 14% of adults with low family incomes passed on care.
Historically having worked with Medicaid and Medicare Advantage populations, Uber Health is now expanding its services to self-insured employers. The company made the announcement at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.
Rideshare app Lyft is partnering with corporations and healthcare organizations to create an initiative that will help connect members of underserved communities to vaccination sites once the Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available.
Radically improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations requires a multifaceted proactive, community-wide approach focused on better understanding social determinants of health and simultaneously addressing social and health inequalities.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
A partnership between ride-ordering platform Roundtrip and software company Redox is helping Contra Costa Health Services collect data that can help to learn whether offering rides improves outcomes and lowers cost.
The so-called Destination: Health network will launch later this year with Aetna Medicaid members in Louisville, Kentucky and Aetna dual-eligible special needs plan members in Tampa, Florida and Southeastern Louisiana.
The San Francisco company received approval to register as a non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) provider, following the state's decision to allow rideshare companies to qualify for the designation.
Through the startup's collaboration with the rideshare service, Grand Rounds care coordinators are able to book an Uber to arrange transport for a member to meet their healthcare needs.
A McKinsey survey of 2,010 individuals found people reporting higher inpatient or ER utilization rates were more likely to report unmet social needs like food insecurity or transportation needs.