InstaCare | 2025

Pre-Clinical Intake & Care for Urgent Medical Needs

Yulie Dai | 2025

My thesis project explores the potential of combining autonomous vehicle and telehealth technologies to create a new care and transport service—InstaCare. By integrating a health-focused mobile app with a robotaxi service, InstaCare aims to support patients and caregivers not just by offering a ride, but by providing clear medical information, emotional reassurance, and guidance before clinical intake.

At the same time, InstaCare is designed to avoid adding burdens to already stressed urgent/emergent medical teams. Ideally, it can help streamline patient flow and make the process of an urgent/emergent care visit more predictable. I believe collaboration between medical teams, insurers, and autonomous vehicle service providers is key to bringing this vision to life.