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WP: Haven’t got your flu shot? Uber offered one-day, on-demand vaccinations to your doorstep
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/11/17/no-time-to-get-your-flu-shot-uber-is-offering-on-demand-vaccinations-to-your-doorstep/
Haven’t got your flu shot? Uber is offering one-day, on-demand vaccinations to your doorstep
By Lena H. Sun, November 17
Haven't gotten your flu shot yet? On Thursday (11/19), you can order one up using Uber.
Customers who normally use the Uber smartphone app to call for a ride will be able to request a flu shot -- and a nurse in an Uber car will show up at their home or office in about three dozen cities across the country.
The charge is $10, but the nurse can give up to 10 flu shots at each location for no additional charge. So work colleagues can split the cost among themselves.
But it's only a one-day offer (yesterday).
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Organizers plan to have more than 10,000 flu shots available. Hundreds of nurses will be at the ready in Uber vehicles across the country, with the specific number varying by city, Maxwell said. The $10 fee will cover a portion of the total cost; the remainder is being donated by Uber, Passport Health, and Epidemico, a public health data mining company owned by Booz Allen Hamilton.
Another reason the ouch! of a flu shot may be worth it
John Brownstein, an epidemiologist at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, came up with the idea last year as a strategy for boosting vaccination rates. Though experts say vaccination is the single best way to prevent the spread of influenza, only 30 percent of adults ages 18-49 get inoculated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Convenience and accessibility are often cited as barriers.
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Haven’t got your flu shot? Uber is offering one-day, on-demand vaccinations to your doorstep
By Lena H. Sun, November 17
Haven't gotten your flu shot yet? On Thursday (11/19), you can order one up using Uber.
Customers who normally use the Uber smartphone app to call for a ride will be able to request a flu shot -- and a nurse in an Uber car will show up at their home or office in about three dozen cities across the country.
The charge is $10, but the nurse can give up to 10 flu shots at each location for no additional charge. So work colleagues can split the cost among themselves.
But it's only a one-day offer (yesterday).
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Organizers plan to have more than 10,000 flu shots available. Hundreds of nurses will be at the ready in Uber vehicles across the country, with the specific number varying by city, Maxwell said. The $10 fee will cover a portion of the total cost; the remainder is being donated by Uber, Passport Health, and Epidemico, a public health data mining company owned by Booz Allen Hamilton.
Another reason the ouch! of a flu shot may be worth it
John Brownstein, an epidemiologist at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, came up with the idea last year as a strategy for boosting vaccination rates. Though experts say vaccination is the single best way to prevent the spread of influenza, only 30 percent of adults ages 18-49 get inoculated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Convenience and accessibility are often cited as barriers.
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/19/uber-delivers-flu-shots-cities-one-day-experiment/ic2VzxYyS8ufsn6sbHEGuM/story.html
Uber delivers flu shots in 36 cities, in one-day experiment
By Felice J. Freyer GLOBE STAFF
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Uber driver Sahin Kaya, of Melrose, drove nurse Shacuiya Lang, of Brockton, around the Boston area so she could administer flu vaccines.
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For Thursday only, “UberHEALTH” was one of the options at the bottom of the Uber app. An ad popped up, saying, “Get one $10 wellness pack and a registered nurse will offer free flu shots for up to 10 people.”
The “wellness pack” is a bag with trinkets such as hand sanitizer and a water bottle. When someone clicked to order it, the driver receiving the request gave the information to a nurse, who called to confirm the request and ask if the customer also wanted a flu shot.
Upon arrival, the driver waited in the car, while the nurse went inside to handle paperwork and administer the shot at no additional charge. Up to 10 people could be vaccinated at each site; workplaces were among the sites visited.
The nurses were employees of Passport Health , a national company that specializes in running immunization clinics and providing vaccines. Epidemico , a public health data-mining company that Brownstein helped found, bought the vaccines and shared the operational costs with Uber.
Uber expected to distribute 10,000 vaccines in the 36 cities, but had not completed data collection Thursday afternoon. Cathy Zhou, Uber Boston general manager, said anecdotally, the response had been “really, really strong.”
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Uber delivers flu shots in 36 cities, in one-day experiment
By Felice J. Freyer GLOBE STAFF
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Uber driver Sahin Kaya, of Melrose, drove nurse Shacuiya Lang, of Brockton, around the Boston area so she could administer flu vaccines.
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For Thursday only, “UberHEALTH” was one of the options at the bottom of the Uber app. An ad popped up, saying, “Get one $10 wellness pack and a registered nurse will offer free flu shots for up to 10 people.”
The “wellness pack” is a bag with trinkets such as hand sanitizer and a water bottle. When someone clicked to order it, the driver receiving the request gave the information to a nurse, who called to confirm the request and ask if the customer also wanted a flu shot.
Upon arrival, the driver waited in the car, while the nurse went inside to handle paperwork and administer the shot at no additional charge. Up to 10 people could be vaccinated at each site; workplaces were among the sites visited.
The nurses were employees of Passport Health , a national company that specializes in running immunization clinics and providing vaccines. Epidemico , a public health data-mining company that Brownstein helped found, bought the vaccines and shared the operational costs with Uber.
Uber expected to distribute 10,000 vaccines in the 36 cities, but had not completed data collection Thursday afternoon. Cathy Zhou, Uber Boston general manager, said anecdotally, the response had been “really, really strong.”
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