Banner Health, Lyft partner to bring Arizona patients to medical services

PHOENIX — Getting to and from the doctor’s office will soon get a lot easier for patients who have ties to Banner Health.

Banner Health and the ride-share company Lyft have partnered in order to give patients an easier way to seek medical treatment.

The service will be available for patients seeking treatment at Banner Health’s urgent care sites, clinics and other specialty care locations in Arizona and Colorado.

“Across the nation, millions of patients miss or delay appointments or care simply because they don’t have a ride,” Scott Nordlund, Banner Health’s chief strategy and growth officer, told KTAR News 92.3 FM.

“Our mission…is all about making health care easier.”

The service, Nordlund said, will help patients get to and from appointments, get discharged from the hospital safely and get transported between facilities.

“We are thrilled to partner with Banner Health to introduce improved transportation solutions to patients,” Gyre Renwick, vice president of Lyft Business, said in a statement.

Nordlund said the company hopes this new partnership will reduce the health care transportation gap by 50 percent within the next two years.

KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Ali Vetnar contributed to this report. 

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