Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital was ahead of the curve when it introduced an all-electric ambulance.

The fictional Grey’s Anatomy hospital debuted a custom Rivian vehicle in the show’s 22nd season. After more than two decades of running emissions-spewing diesel-powered vehicles on set, show leaders embraced the chance to provide a cleaner environment for cast and crew members.

Although there are emerging efforts to electrify vehicle fleets in the IRL healthcare sector, cost and charging challenges have made it a difficult proposition. For now, some are leaning into a middle-ground solution: hybrid-electric vehicles, which pair an internal combustion engine with an electric motor and battery.

Frazer, which designs and builds EMS vehicles and mobile healthcare units, recently announced it would offer a plug-in hybrid vehicle built in partnership with Harbinger Motors. Frazer has had ongoing discussions for years with customers interested in electrification, CEO Laura Griffin told us, but up until recently there haven’t been viable options.

Keep reading for more developments in the space.—JG

Five years ago, when he was 31 years old, Tristan Mace was in a coma in the hospital. The venture capitalist and tech entrepreneur had initially thought he had pneumonia but soon learned his heart was failing.

That left Jordan Mace, his wife who was three months pregnant with their first child at the time, to make a big decision: Should Tristan get a heart transplant?

She told us she was handed a binder with an overwhelming amount of information and given 24 hours to decide. It had answers to everything from whether a transplant recipient can get a tattoo or have a cat to if they can have children, she recalled.

The procedure was successful, but it left the couple with a new mission to make the transplant process easier for other patients and caregivers.

That’s why on May 5 they launched the nonprofit transplants.org, a site that digitizes all those different binders to provide a one-stop shop for reliable, up-to-date transplant information.

Read more about their journey creating the site here.—CM

Enhanced premium tax credits may be gone, but payers still have ambitious plans for the individual insurance market.

For one, Oscar Health launched a new online platform called Lucie Health Marketplace to help brokers, employers, and consumers compare and enroll in individual health plans, ancillary benefits, and supplemental benefits on April 20.

CEO Mark Bertolini told Healthcare Brew he envisions this as the “Airbnb” of individual health coverage, revolutionizing the insurance experience the same way the short-term rental company provided a straightforward way to peruse and book accommodations in one place.

“We have the opportunity on the consumer side to start offering them access to services that they can buy more effectively, conveniently, and cheaper than they get through the healthcare system today,” Bertolini said.

Here’s what it entails.—CC

Real jobs, shared through real communities. CollabWORK brings opportunities directly to Healthcare Brew readers—no mass postings, no clutter, just roles worth seeing. Click here to view the full job board.

• Associate Chief Clinical Officer at ChenMed
• Assistant Director of Nursing CVOR at MedStar Health
• Director of Nursing (LPN) at Addington Place of Mount Pleasant
• Director of Nursing at Addington Place of Fairfield
• RN Assistant Director of Nursing at Touchstone Communities