Uber Launches Uber Health; Responding to Needs of Clinical Trial Subjects

A recent article aboutUber Health addressed a number of the features that will be available with this transportation service. I found the details interesting in terms of what Uber perceives as an important niche in the healthcare sector (see:Uber Launches Uber Health, Looks To Improve Patient Experience In Clinical Research) Below is an excerpt from the article:...Uber, is looking to expand their outreach to the clinical research community with the launch of Uber Health, a new dashboard the company hopes will remove transportation as a barrier to proper care.Using Uber Health, doctors and hospitals will be able to arrange rides for their patients even if the patient hasn ’t downloaded the Uber app or does not have a smart phone....Uber Health will address a growing need in the clinical research industry, the company believes.... “In the clinical trial space in particular, we have heard over and over again that recruitment and retention are major issues, to the extent where transportation is a burden and ultimately a barrier for trial retention ” ...[an Uber spokesman] said.....Currently Uber Health is leveraging all of Uber ’s 750,000 US drivers, a choice...[that will] put focus on the reliability of the service....Another focus for Uber Health was limiting the amount of effort on the patient ’s part to order the rides. All of the steps from ordering to paying for the ride (which can be handled as either part of the patient’s bill or the organization’s bud...
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