In today's healthcare landscape, reliable non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) is no longer just a convenience; it's a critical piece of the patient care puzzle. With an aging population facing ...

Access to transportation is becoming an important social determinant of health, and experts are coming to realize that health plans can benefit significantly from offering coverage to beneficiaries.

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Scheduling a doctor’s appointment can be challenging. Getting to that appointment can be downright difficult. As Americans are getting ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Every once in a while when Cameron Hicks leaves her medical office, she finds a patient who had an appointment hours ago, waiting outside for a ride. "We've ended up having to ...

When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she feels like both a friend and a social worker. “When the ride is an hour or an hour and a half of mostly ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DocGo, a leading provider of last-mile mobile health services and integrated medical transportation solutions (Nasdaq: DCGO), and Jefferson Health, which provides a range of ...

From 2020 to 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted a national pilot of a rideshare program to support homeless patients’ transportation needs to obtain critical resources and attend ...

While hospital efforts to use ride-hailing services are still small, providers think the potential for growth is large. In some cases, the cost is even covered by Medicaid and other insurance plans.

People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can’t hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from plane crashes? That’s the ...

Tranisha Rockmore and her daughter Karisma waited at an Atlanta children's hospital in July for their ride home. Karisma had been at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to have her gastrostomy tube fixed ...