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☆ Uber is going toe-to-toe with Instacart in a bet that delivering groceries can cut healthcare costs by billions
  + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Uber is adding groceries and over-the-counter medical items to its Uber Health services. Uber on Tuesday said that it plans to work with health plans and providers to prescribe food as medicine. Instacart in March launched digital tools to allow doctors to prescribe food the way they might prescribe a medication. Caitlin Donovan, global head of Uber Health Uber HealthHealthier eating members could have major financial implications for insurers. "When you combine demand for healthcare services with the core competencies of Uber with the ability to do good, I think that's a very powerful confirmation that speaks to why Uber Health is part of Uber," Donovan said.
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☆ Home delivery of medications can help improve access, especially when time is tight
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
As the supply of Paxlovid has grown, efforts have been made to improve timely, equitable access to the treatment. Transportation is one significant barrier to health care access for many people, experts say, but creating equitable outcomes will involve a much more comprehensive approach. The initiative is meant to increase access to Covid-19 treatment, particularly for those in socially vulnerable or medically underserved communities. “It’s a combination of things that prevent access to care,” said Werner, whose research has focused on health equity. And those may be the ones that I think would be ripe for this kind of home-based delivery system,” Werner said.
☆ Digital-health veteran Halle Tecco said she'd never start another healthcare company. Then she launched a startup to reimagine how egg donors get paid.
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Halle Tecco is a "one-woman venture studio" as a cofounder of the fertility startup Cofertility. Halle Tecco got the idea for Cofertility after she left Rock Health, the digital-health venture-capital firm she cofounded in 2016. But egg freezing wasn't nearly as popular then, she said, so she instead founded the fertility startup Natalist in 2018. How Cofertility worksAt launch, Tecco said Cofertility had completed screening for more than 50 donors and that nearly 1,000 donors had started the application process. 'One-woman venture studio'From the beginning of Cofertility, Tecco said she was intentional about wanting to lead the business' ideation and development, not its day-to-day operations.
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