While mostly a retail and finance tool, receipt data has already proven it can save lives. Researchers in the United Kingdom published findings last month demonstrating the benefit of early disease detection using item-level data taken from loyalty cards. The paper, led by Imperial College...
Healthcare remains among the most paper-based industries in America, which means stakeholders from patients to providers to payers are missing out on digital efficiencies. Probing the intractable use of paper and steps required to change it, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster was joined by Bank of America...
The metaverse is not yet changing the world – but it’s increasingly changing, even saving, lives. This, as immersive experiences at the intersection of physical and digital are making incremental progress in solving critical, real-world problems within healthcare. No matter where we may be in...
Angle Health says it has raised $58 million to grow its digital-first health insurance platform. The company will use the Series A round to expand its platform, which launched in 2021 and covers tens of thousands of patients across the country, Angle said in a...
Optum Rx has launched a tool that gives members the best price on prescription drugs. The new Price Edge tool from Optum Rx, which is the pharmacy services company of UnitedHealth Group, compares direct-to-consumer pricing with insurance pricing, Optum Rx said in a Monday (Jan....
AVIA has launched a marketplace designed to help hospitals, health systems and digital health companies discover and select digital solutions. The healthcare digital transformation firm said in a Thursday (Jan. 19) press release that the new AVIA Marketplace matches these buyers with vendors that can...
Healthcare payment plans are evolving, which is good news for millions struggling with medical debt. The latest development is the January announcement by healthcare payments platform Paytient that it’s launching a new product — the Health Payment Account (HPA) — which gives consumers access to...
While hardly a new innovation, remote health monitoring is gaining traction in this digital age. Thanks to advances in medical technology and the widespread availability of wireless internet, ideas that were once science fiction, like continuous glucose monitors for diabetics that enable physicians to keep...
In the year to October 2022, Babylon Health facilitated over a million U.K. telehealth appointments. As the U.K.-founded digital-first health service provider revealed during a presentation on Thursday (Jan. 12), Babylon’s network of over 870 U.K. virtual healthcare providers delivered 1 million-plus appointments in the...