Source: Becker Hospital Review
“Four million medical appointments are missed or delayed every year because patients can’t get to their appointments due to transportation, data shows. That’s $150 billion in cost to the healthcare system each year that rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft are looking to address.
Dan Trigub, head of Uber Health, told Becker’s at the AHIP Institute & Expo that when he attended the conference three years ago as a leader of healthcare partnerships at Lyft, attendees questioned why a ride-share company was at a health insurance industry meeting.”
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