Instacart partners with home care provider DispatchHealth
Fierce Healthcare January 24, 2024
Grocery delivery company Instacart notched another partnership with a care provider as it extends its reach into healthcare.
The company will work with in-home care provider DispatchHealth to enable providers to prescribe food interventions, much like traditional medications, right to patients’ homes. The companies say the collaboration will help to tackle the substantial impact of food insecurity on healthcare costs.
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates food insecurity adds a staggering annual expenditure of nearly $52 billion.
“Our patients’ well-being is closely tied to their environment, and we witness firsthand how social determinants like nutritional accessibility affect their overall health. We are literally in the kitchen with our patients and not many provider groups can...