As we reported in February, healthcare data breaches have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic. Now, new data shows that the rate at which patient information is being accessed is not slowing down. In March alone, Modern Healthcare reports, there was...
Sun Life Financial will acquire medical intelligence and healthcare navigation provider PinnacleCare International, Sun Life announced Friday (April 23). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
InsurTech Oscar Health is launching +Oscar, a “tech-driven platform business designed to help healthcare clients drive improved efficiency, growth and superior engagement with their members and patients.” An InsurTech aims, through the use of technology, to disrupt the health insurance industry. Get the Full Story Complete...
It wasn’t a physician who said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It was a revolutionary with a second-grade education named Ben Franklin. Also, he was talking about fires and not fitness — but the saying is forever tied to the...
Facebook said it is rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) tools aimed at predicting the best combination of pharmaceuticals to combat complex illnesses, VentureBeat reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Microsoft showed just how seriously it takes its ambitions in the health sector when it announced its second most expensive purchase in history after LinkedIn – that of Nuance Communications. Nuance, which specializes in speech recognition, will enable Microsoft to develop technology that can process...
After a troubled year involving a lawsuit by the American Hospital Association, the price transparency rule for hospitals went into effect on Jan. 1, 2021. The rule, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is intended to not only make pricing for...
With an impending healthcare worker shortage and a relatively high rate of burnout among physicians and nurses, there’s a significant buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to take some tedious tasks off clinicians’ plates, such as maintaining electronic health records (EHR). Furthermore, AI-based...
While the thought of applying artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare might bring to mind images of a robotic doctor’s office where scans, questionnaires and prescription printouts could be all it takes to tend to patient care, the reality of using the technology in this sector...
