Medical Futurist September 23, 2021
Patients living in rural, suburban or urban areas with poor infrastructure often don’t have the proper means to get to the doctor’s appointment on time. In extreme cases, they have to wait even for emergency situations so much that they can call an ambulance and receive care in a hospital.
Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft offer non-emergency medical transportation services, while start-ups, such as Circulation or Ride Health also promise to deal with the issue. Could smartphones and networked services solve transportation in healthcare?
Why is getting to the doctor such a hassle?
Wherever they live, in rural areas or in impoverished urban areas, people face the same issue in getting access to healthcare services: transportation. Some households don’t...
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