'The company is moving to leverage Uber Eats to address very specific needs of patients that lack access to reliable transportation, or simply can’t get around on their own.'
Uber is planning to use its dominance in the fast-growing food delivery industry to carve a toehold in the vast and complex health services sector.
Uber Health’s focus has been on partnering with providers and transportation brokers to get patients to and from appointments. Currently, the company doesn’t have the infrastructure to bill health plans or a government payor, Trigub said. The concept is already being bolstered by a wide range of healthy food delivery and prepared meals. Also, Meals on Wheels — which has been serving the most vulnerable senior populations for years — is also very competitive in the space. But the organization says bringing food to patients is more involved than what it seems.
Along with providing food, the organization’s staffers “are doing safety checks in the home and identifying if there are fall risks and hazards, connecting them to other services that may help them to stay independent in the home,” Theilheimer added. “They’ve been serving as those ‘eyes and ears in the home’ for decades as part of what they do.”
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