Instacart, DispatchHealth launch joint effort to mitigate food insecurity

HealthExec January 25, 2024
Dave Pearson

A grocery-delivery giant is partnering with a commercial provider of medical house calls to bring healthy meals to patients in their homes.

Instacart and DispatchHealth announced their collaboration Jan. 23, describing their goal as reducing the impact of food insecurity on individuals’ wellness, and with it, on population-level healthcare costs.

Through the program, DispatchHealth clinicians will have access to the “platform, products and partnerships” of Instacart Health. The caregivers will offer their patients food stipends and medically tailored shopping lists. They’ll also be able to send food straight to patients’ doors with speed and accuracy, “which could...

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