Health data analytics company Socially determined And Uber Healththe healthcare arm of the ride-sharing company for patients and providers, partners to improve access to food and prescription delivery as well as transportation services by leveraging the social determinants of health. health analysis.
Socially Determined offers payers, providers, life sciences organizations and others an analytics platform that provides insights into social risk factors. Organizations can use enterprise social risk data alongside their pre-existing clinical and claims data to better understand the people and communities they serve.
Using insights from Socially Determined, Uber Health aims to help Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and commercial insurance beneficiaries by facilitating transportation, same-day prescription deliveries, and access to groceries and products over-the-counter essentials.
Uber will leverage patient benefit data and payer eligibility records, helping to coordinate benefits across services covered by the beneficiary’s insurance plan.
Socially Determined has developed analytical models specifically for Uber Health’s core benefits, including transportation, as well as food and pharmacy delivery.
Individual measures help identify specific people in need, while community measures take a broader view to assess different social risk factors at the neighborhood level.
“For years, our payer and provider clients have used our social risk analytics to better understand and address the challenges their members and patients face every day. And now we have developed analytical models specifically designed for the main benefits of Uber Health that immediately. help identify the people who need each benefit the most,” Trenor Williams, co-founder and CEO of Socially Ensured, said in a statement.
“Once our payer and provider partners know who needs help and what specific challenges need to be addressed, they need a partner to help them mitigate those risks and remove those barriers.” Uber Health’s insights, approach and ubiquitous network are the ideal partner for our analytics and enable our customers to drive measurable, improved outcomes and member experiences. »
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Uber Health has continued to expand its offerings and services, introducing delivery of groceries and over-the-counter items in June last year.
The food delivery service followed the addition of same day prescription deliverycreated through a partnership with ScriptDrop, in April.
In 2023, Socially Determined announced a partnership with a data sharing technology startup Datavant providing life sciences companies with data on social risk factors to improve health equity and patient outcomes.
Uber Health has partnered with Walgreens and food delivery service PorteDash in 2022 for deliver antiviral drugs against COVID-19 to underserved communities.
The same year, Socially Determined closed a $26 million Series B round.
In 2021, Uber announced a partnership with a direct-to-consumer virtual care company Him and her deliver personal care items such as hair products, skin care, sleeping pills and condoms to customers through the Uber Eats app and a collaboration with a senior assistance company Dad partners with Uber Health to provide transportation and reduce social isolation for seniors.
Instacart is another delivery company that has established itself in the healthcare industry. launched Instacart Health in 2022.
The grocery delivery service has expanded its health-related offerings to include tools for suppliers, including virtual storefronts, where providers can create a curated store for their patients; Shoppable Recipes, where practitioners can recommend recipes to patients; and Lists for Nutrition, which allows providers to create medically tailored grocery lists.
