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Caregivers can order rides and deliveries for their care recipients and pay for the service using the care receiver's health benefits.
The announcement comes just two months after the company announced it would add same-day prescription-delivery services to its platform.
The collaboration to deliver the oral antiviral therapy for COVID-19 will launch in the coming weeks.
The service is now available in some markets, but the companies plan to expand to additional cities.
Papa’s care team will coordinate with Uber Health and Papa companions to provide transportation for seniors.
Also: Welldoc adds three new members to its executive team, and Uber Health loses its leader.
Also Neurotrack hires Neil Rothstein and Babyscripts taps Dr. Nirmal Patel.
Telemedicine company SnapMD will provide its Virtual Care Management platform to the American Academy of Pediatrics' Member Advantage Program, according to SnapMD.
Buoy Health, an online platform that uses an AI chatbot as a gateway into healthcare treatment, has teamed up with Circulation, a technology startup that helps connect patients in need of medical transport with rides from Lyft, Uber, and other specialized options like wheelchair vans and non-emergency ambulances.
With every new innovator in digital health, it seems like there's a temptation to crown an "Uber for Health" that will disrupt the industry in a radical consumer-facing way.