Lyft follows Uber further into healthcare market with rides for patients

Ride-hailing apps are helping riders get to the doctor's office — and dipping into the lucrative healthcare market.

Uber recently announced a new program to get patients to doctor's appointments, and this week, fellow ride-hailing app Lyft is partnering with an electronic health records company to give 2,500 hospitals a platform to request rides for its patients.

Lyft Business — the enterprise division of the transit company — is partnering with Allscripts to give 180,000 physicians that use the online records service access to the ride-sharing app for patients. Read more...