St. Petersburg, Florida, 2/11/2022– YourLabRetriever has noted a significant change in how Floridians handle healthcare needs since the pandemic began. According to sustained behavior of YourLabRetriever patients and consumer research, those behavior modifications are here to stay. Seventy percent of medical decisions require a blood test, and inconvenient trips to physical locations have proven to be both a hassle and possibly dangerous. Patients have learned to avoid unnecessary trips to crowded places like waiting rooms, and YourLabRetriever has come to the rescue.

The enterprise offers pay-for-convenience blood collection and delivery services. Customers make an appointment, and a highly trained YourLabRetriever technician arrives for a quick and safe at-home appointment to collect samples. Those samples are then delivered to the lab as directed by the patient’s insurance or doctor. Each appointment saves YourLabRetriever customers the time and hassle of driving to a lab and spending time in a crowded waiting room. It also provides the safest option available during times of rising COVID cases.

“Safety, convenience, and privacy are high-value considerations to YourLabRetriever patients, and we make sure to attend to those needs with every visit,” shared Lance Ausec, YourLabRetriever’s Founder and CEO.

According to the National Retail Federation’s ‘Convenience and the Consumer’ Report from early 2020, pay-for-convenience shopping was already a factor in over 80% of consumer purchasing decisions – even before the pandemic hit. Omnitracs ‘Delivering on Demand: Consumer 2021 Insights Survey’ highlights how the pandemic amplified the demand for delivery services, indicating that “more than half (53%) of consumers experienced instances where they used delivery services to ensure that themselves of family members were safe. Additionally, 47% of consumers had groceries, beverages, or alcohol delivered for the first time.”

The already heightened demand for pay-for-convenience services, combined with the reduction in access to healthcare services for a substantial portion of the population during the pandemic, saw the rise in the need for at-home services like YourLabRetriever. Forrester Research predicts this at-home model will continue to play a crucial role in healthcare – especially for the immunocompromised and young children who cannot garner the benefit of vaccines.

Ausec said, “Frail, high-risk patients should not have to make heroic, time-consuming efforts driving to a patient service center to have a simple five-minute procedure. And, in many cases, the patient is unable to drive themselves, requiring their family members or caretakers to take the time and effort, not to mention risk, of getting them to the lab.”

Caretakers, whether they’re busy moms caring for a toddler and a baby, or an adult child caring for sick parents, are at risk – especially over the past few years, according to a report released by Embracing Carers.

“Patients are not limited to those with mobility, vision, or transportation issues. In today’s pay-for-convenience world, nobody wants to take the time out of their day waiting in a lab to get blood drawn,” noted Ausec. “We visit patients at their office and those who work from home. They don’t even have to get out of their pajamas. And we cater to mothers with small children who value their time and safety.”

For more information, contact Lance Ausec at lausec@yourlabretriever.com or (855)277-3159

About YourLabRetriever

YourLabRetriever has been fetching lab specimens since 1985. The company, known for its friendly phlebotomists, provides convenient and safe at-home appointments for specimen retrieval and delivers collections according to each patients’ doctor’s orders. YourLabRetriever currently serves the Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Orlando, Tampa Bay, and Sarasota communities. Get the ball rolling at www.yourlabretriever.com