January, 2019
38% of respondents said that after beginning to use Lyft to attend their medical appointments, they went to urgent care less frequently. This is likely because patients had the transportation means to attend appointments with their primary care or chronic care providers instead of having to mitigate crises in urgent care. This is ultimately less […]
December, 2018
Evolent’s data found that within a specific population of high-risk patients, those with a transportation barrier had a 63 percent higher risk of readmission. In addition, when Evolent addressed transportation barriers in a timely manner through a comprehensive care plan that included participation by the health care provider, Evolent’s analysis showed that 30-day readmission rates […]
December, 2018
For more than a decade, Memorial Hermann has been utilizing community health workers or “patient navigators” to ensure that the ER is not a visitor’s only medical home and to assist in access to resources that support overall health and wellbeing. An analysis of available data through the first half of 2018 comparing patient ER […]
December, 2018
Successful drug court participants provide cost savings to both the health care and legal system. As is the case with other emerging NEMT opportunities, fares alone will not come anywhere near paying for these trips, especially when considering the specialized training and on-demand nature of random testing protocols. To become sustainable, a portion of the […]
December, 2018
In 2017, the National Criminal Justice Reference Center estimated that more than 3,000 courts now existed across the country with the purpose of striking the proper balance between incarceration and treatment of (typically, nonviolent) individuals in the legal system with substance abuse disorders. These courts are designed to develop stringent addiction treatment regimens — including […]