Fierce Healthcare March 31, 2023
The company also signaled that it would soon be moving into the delivery of healthy food and over-the-counter medicine—including to Medicare Advantage and Medicaid beneficiaries. (Uber Health)
Uber’s healthcare arm rolled out same-day prescription delivery on its centralized platform, enabling clinicians to quickly ship medications to patients’ homes.
Healthcare providers and health plans that use Uber Health will be able to manage prescription deliveries from any pharmacy in their service area through the same platform they already use to coordinate rides for patients, according to Uber Health.
Uber aims to use its logistics muscle to push further into healthcare delivery with a particular focus on transporting patients to medical visits and home drug delivery.
The company also signaled that...