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Lyft Smart on FHIR
Lyft Smart on FHIR

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Product Description:

The Lyft Smart on FHIR App allows care teams to schedule directly from within the EHR, get real-time updates, live map, and message with drivers. Great for discharges or outpatient services. 

About VectorCare Inc.:

Accelerating the Future of Patient Logistics. Build and deploy workflow in minutes to any EHR.

Product Description:

Our suite of solutions streamlines access into, through, and beyond your health system.

Success in today’s distributed networks of care relies on intelligent Care Orchestration solutions across the full continuum. ABOUT streamlines every step of patient transitions into hospitals and beyond—whether skilled nursing, rehab, behavioral health, or home care. The result: More patients referred and retained to grow your health system. 

Enabling Care Orchestration

ABOUT offers a purpose-built SaaS platform that is interoperable, provides controls and visibility over acute transfers and discharges, and gives comprehensive reporting and analytics across the entire care continuum. We pride ourselves in being strategic partners with deep clinical experience who are committed to the health system’s success. All with the backing of our curated provider network that holds over 57k+ verified, trained, and maintained providers.

Care Orchestration as it should be

Today, health systems must proactively plan and operationally organize to take control of three key levers: demand, capacity, and throughput. To get control of the three levers of demand, capacity, and throughput, you need to deliver Care Orchestration as it should be, continually facilitating the patient journey to the next best setting of care. Care Orchestration, when executed successfully, delivers a unified patient, clinician, and operational experience.

ABOUT provides end-to-end Care Orchestration, connecting the people, data, processes, and technology that facilitate patient transitions into the acute care setting on the front-end with transitions out to the next best setting of care on the back end, providing the controls and visibility to effectively distribute demand across the ecosystem. 

Go from hours to minutes

Every patient journey is different. But they all have something in common. A human being who needs the right care without delay. Right now, a single patient transfer can take up to six hours – but that’s about to change. 

ABOUT solutions empower health systems to operate as one connected network of care – efficiently moving patients into and out of acute care settings. Through our proven process, software suite, and clinical expertise, we help you orchestrate care to drive operational efficiencies and improve patient outcomes. 

Together, we can connect those in need to those who heal, faster. 

About ABOUT Healthcare:

ABOUT offers a flexible, purpose-built solution that empowers hospitals and health systems to operate as one connected network of care. We enable easy access for clinicians to move patients into and out of the acute care setting—getting them to the next, best care setting faster and easier. Complemented by our clinical experts and best practices, we provide health systems the necessary controls and insights to grow with resilience, drive clinician effectiveness, and improve patient outcomes. For more information, visit www.abouthealthcare.com.

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Use Cases

Description:

🚑 VectorCare + Lyft Smart on FHIR: Hospital Use Cases

1. Faster, More Efficient Discharge Planning

Problem: Discharge delays occur because patients lack a ride home or transportation is arranged manually via calls and faxes.

Value of the App:

  • Case managers can instantly request a Lyft trip directly from the EHR using FHIR data (patient demographics, pick-up location, discharge time).

  • Eliminates phone calls, manual forms, and coordination delays.

  • Reduces discharge bottlenecks that hold beds for hours or days.

Outcome: Faster throughput, higher bed availability, and reduced cost per inpatient stay.

2. Automated Trip Details Through FHIR Context

Problem: Transportation details are often typed manually, leading to errors in patient address, mobility level, or scheduling.

Value of the App:

  • Auto-pulls demographics, mobility, preferred address, appointment time, and clinical flags from the EHR.

  • Reduces errors and ensures the right vehicle type (Lyft standard, XL, wheelchair-accessible where available).

Outcome: Time savings for staff and safer, more appropriate ride assignment.

3. Reducing ED Boarding for Non-Emergent Patients

Problem: Many ED patients who are medically cleared cannot leave due to lack of transportation.

Value of the App:

  • ED nurses/social workers can request an immediate Lyft ride directly from the chart.

  • Patient can be moved out of ED within minutes, not hours.

Outcome: Higher ED throughput, improved door-to-doc times, and reduced LWBS rates.

4. Closing Gaps in Care for Outpatient / Ambulatory Visits

Problem: No-show appointments increase when patients rely on unreliable or costly transportation.

Value of the App:

  • Automatically schedules a Lyft ride for follow-up visits, labs, imaging, or primary care appointments.

  • Uses EHR-integrated data to align arrival time with appointment time.

Outcome: Lower no-shows, higher adherence to care plans, improved clinical outcomes.

5. Supporting Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Programs

Problem: Under-resourced patients frequently miss visits due to transportation challenges.

Value of the App:

  • Social workers can instantly schedule rides using the patient’s chart info.

  • Hospitals can track ride utilization and outcomes for SDOH reporting.

Outcome: Better equity, better compliance, and improved community outcomes.

6. Streamlined Transport for Imaging & Procedural Workflows

Problem: Patients often must travel between hospital campuses or buildings (e.g., imaging, infusion, same-day procedures).

Value of the App:

  • Integrated FHIR location data makes inter-campus transfers seamless.

  • Staff schedule rides with one click while keeping the patient workflow aligned in the EHR.

Outcome: Reduced intra-facility delays and fewer missed slots in radiology or procedural departments.

7. Safe Transport for Patients Discharging to Non-Medical Facilities

  • (RSNF, shelters, temporary housing, recovery programs)

  • Problem: Hospitals often struggle coordinating rides for vulnerable patients, requiring multiple phone calls.

Value of the App:

  • Pre-populate destination facilities from templates.

  • Document the ride in the EHR automatically for risk and compliance.

Outcome: Faster placement and improved support for high-risk populations.

8. Automated Documentation & Audit Trail

Problem: Hospitals must document how patients were transported and maintain compliance with payer and audit requirements.

Value of the App:

  • Ride events and costs write back into the EHR via FHIR.

  • No need to manually chart the patient’s transport.

Outcome: Cleaner audits, reduced administrative burden, and accurate encounter documentation.

9. Integration With Hospital Billing / Cost Centers

Problem: Transportation costs are manually tracked or lost.

Value of the App:

  • Allocate transportation spending to specific cost centers or service lines.

  • Nurses and case managers do not need to worry about managing invoices.

Outcome: Financial transparency and better budgeting.

10. Support for Hospital-at-Home or Remote Monitoring Programs

Problem: Delivering equipment or transporting patients for at-home care requires coordination.

Value of the App:

  • Schedule Lyft rides to deliver equipment or transport patients for temporary in-home care transitions.

  • Works seamlessly with EHR-based care pathways.

Outcome: Supports expansion of home-based care models.

Pediatric use cases:

None provided

Users:

Case managers, administrators, home health teams, care teams, Nurses, and patient logistics coordinators.

Description:

Care Setting Solutions

Care setting-specific application features, custom forms, curated provider networks, and insights to enable access across the continuum of care.

Acute Cloud: Increase speed to acute care by easily and efficiently accepting patients from the ED, scheduled procedures, and other facilities outside the health system.

Post-Acute Cloud: Tools and vetted, trained providers help quickly identify and coordinate the best Post-Acute placement options, so case managers can focus on patients.

Behavioral Health Cloud: Connect patients with the care and services they need through online requests, coordination, and placement among a curated network of providers.

Curated Provider Networks

ABOUT offers Curated Provider Networks, meaning verified, trained, and maintained nationwide post-acute and behavioral health providers to augment client’s existing networks and facilitate timely coordination of patient transitions out of the acute care setting. 

Free and exceptional experience for post-acute and behavioral health providers: Drive faster and higher acceptance rates with free response application and training for providers. Competitors simply ask post-acute providers to sign up for their networks online to receive referrals. ​ 

Extensive, nationwide post-acute curated network: Over 57,000 post-acute and behavioral health providers. Unlike competitive post-acute referral networks, ABOUT identifies, secures, and onboards post-acute and behavioral health providers to ensure quick response times and optimal placement.​

Bed Visibility

Bed Visibility provides an at-a-glance view of staffed beds across the entire system and levels of care in real time to quickly identify an appropriate and available bed. 

View staffed bed availability across the health system by level of care, unit type, and facility as well as average wait times, ED pre-admits, and pending arrivals and discharges. 

Eliminate phone calls and phone tag by quickly identifying open beds and the right level of care without the need to sign into a bed management system.  

Secure Messaging

Secure Messaging seamlessly integrated in the Orchestration Engine empowers care teams to efficiently communicate and collaborate to quickly transfer patients for improved outcomes.

Increase Productivity and Accelerate Transfer Times: Eliminate excess phone calls/tag, documentation, and transcription with text messaging, pre-built templates, and pre-populated data integrated in the acute transfer workflow.

Improve Accuracy and Documentation:

Instead of relaying critical patient data via phone and transcription, secure, encrypted messaging is seamlessly integrated within case records.

Increase Care Team Satisfaction: Empower care teams to efficiently communicate on their preferred channels at their preferred times to reduce cognitive load, stress, and workload.

Intelligent Transport

Intelligent emergent and non-emergent transport coordination with real-time tracking and geo-fencing so you know exactly where the patient is in their journey to or from the care setting and have the insights and reporting to improve the process. 

Specify transport type, trip options, and specialized care or equipment needed as well as pick-up and destination locations and times to eliminate phone calls. 

Shave 15-20 minutes per patient by electronically coordinating transportation. Access data to see who gives you the best service, picks up on time, and more.

Online Transfer Request

Online Transfer Request allows internal clinicians to request transfers and notify agents online to eliminate phone calls and decrease patient transfer times. 

Enable quick and easy transfer requests, reduce data entry time and increase accuracy, accelerate transfer acceptance, and drive clinician and care team satisfaction.  

On-call Scheduling

On-Call Scheduling provides centralized physician and provider scheduling and calendar data so that patient transfer delays never occur because you can’t identify or locate the on-call physician. You can’t complete a transfer without locating the right physician to accept the patient. 

Avoid unnecessary care delays for patients, increase accuracy and accelerate provider response, and acceptance rates.

Orchestration Engine

Streamlined workflows and easy-to-use interface drive efficiencies, including the ability to perform all transition tasks from one platform.

Seamless integrations with critical data sources and systems, including EHR, ADT, CC&C platforms, CAD systems, and call recording help you get more out of existing resources. 

Disparate data pulled together to deliver actionable insights and comprehensive reporting, dashboards, and analytics unlike any other solution. 

Pediatric use cases:

None provided

Users:
  • Arizona Surge Line (Arizona Department of Health)
  • Banner Health
  • Emory Healthcare
  • Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines
  • Mt. Sinai Health System
  • Northern Arizona Healthcare
  • Riverside Health System (VA)
  • RWJBarnabas Health
  • Sutter Health
  • UPMC Central Pennsylvania

EHR Integrations

Integrations:

Acute care EMR, Ambulatory EMR, Ancillary EMR, ERP system, Patient portal, Pop health platform, Home health, Behavioral health, Community based organizations, ADT, Access +/or revenue cycle, Credentialing, Website / public online sources, Other

EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

Not applicable

EMRs Supported:

Epic, Cerner, Meditech, Allscripts, NextGen, athena, GE, eClinicalWorks, McKesson, Other, Allscripts/Eclipsys, Athenahealth, Azalea Health/Prognosis, CPSI, Evident, Healthland, MEDHOST, MedWorx, QuadraMed, Self-developed, Would prefer not to disclose, Point Click Care

Hardware Compatibility:

Not applicable

Integrations:

Acute care EMR, Ambulatory EMR, Ancillary EMR

EMR Integration & Relevant Hardware:

Required

EMRs Supported:

None provided

Hardware Compatibility:

Desktop

Client Types

Differentiators

Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

There is no Lyft service for Epic. This is the first of its kind.

Differentiators vs Competitors:

VectorCare – Key Differentiators (vs Mōvi, StatCall, Roundtrip)

1. First SMART on FHIR App for Lyft / Patient Logistics

Fully embedded inside Epic, Cerner, and Allscripts.

Launches directly from the patient chart—no separate login or portal.

Auto-populates all patient + encounter data instantly.

2. True “In-EHR” Workflow (Zero App Switching)

Case managers, ED nurses, and social workers stay inside the EHR.

Eliminates manual data entry, cutting scheduling from ~31 minutes to under 1 minute.

Reduces errors and improves compliance documentation.

3. Full-Service Logistics Platform (Beyond Transport)

Coordinates transport + home health + DME + post-acute support in one workflow.

Competitors largely focus on transport only.

4. No-Code Workflow Builder

Hospitals can design custom discharge or service workflows without IT effort.

Hyper-localize by facility, department, or service line.

5. Unified Vendor Network + Rideshare + NEMT

Lyft/Uber + wheelchair + gurney + ambulance vendors, all in the same platform.

Hospitals are not forced into a single NEMT broker model.

6. Real-Time Tracking & Status Inside the EHR

Live GPS, ETAs, on-scene, ride events, alerts — all charted automatically.

Removes the need for phone calls between case managers and vendors.

7. Faster Deployment, Minimal IT Burden

SMART on FHIR + no-code = rapid implementation across entire systems.

Significantly lower IT requirements than traditional NEMT platforms.

8. Designed for Discharge + Throughput Optimization

Focused on bed turnover, ED throughput, and delayed discharge prevention.

Competitors skew toward outpatient NEMT or recurring transport, not inpatient flow.

9. Single Platform for All Service Requests

Transportation, equipment deliveries, home-health visits, and more.

Hospitals reduce tool sprawl and simplify user training.

10. Automatic Documentation + Audit Trail

All ride and service data is written back into the EHR for compliance.

Avoids chart gaps and payer disputes.

Differentiators vs EHR Functionality:

None provided

Differentiators vs Competitors:
  • End-to-End Care Orchestration​
  • Purpose-Built​
  • Interoperable​
  • Decision Support, Analytics, and Reporting​
  • Curated Networks​
  • Committed Partnership​
  • Care Orchestration Expertise

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