November 20, 2019It’s not only shopping that is getting more visual via new and emerging technologies, a trend that promises to get more intense in the 2020s, especially with the deployment of ...
November 17, 2019Google‘s recent announcement that it is buying Fitbit is leading some users to ditch the device.
“I’m not only afraid of what they can do with the data currently, but what ...
November 11, 2019Ingenico Group announced that it has partnered with Belgium ePharmacy firm Newpharma on a new payment solution for online pharmaceutical buyers.
Launched in 2008, Newpharma was created to bring the pharmacy ...
November 6, 2019Healthcare stands as a fertile area for growth in payments and commerce, and the latest example of that comes from Apple. According to CNBC, the company, along with the U.S. ...
November 5, 2019Walgreens Boots Alliance could be going private in what would be the largest leveraged purchase of a company ever, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The company has been talking to ...
November 1, 2019Though the launch of Healthcare.gov is likely a dim, distant memory for most people, at the time, it was front-page news — and not for a good reason. The site, ...
October 27, 2019At first glance, the mention of seafood and the doctor’s office in the same sentence may conjure up images of a clambake gone terribly wrong.
But for Mastercard, which announced a ...
October 22, 2019Accounts payable technology company AvidXchange is targeting the healthcare industry with payments and invoicing offerings.
AvidXchange is broadening access of its AvidPay and AvidInvoice tools to the long-term healthcare and social ...
October 18, 2019As the tech giant aggressively pursues the health market, Google has hired former Obama administration health official Karen DeSalvo as its first chief health officer. DeSalvo spent the past two years teaching ...
October 18, 2019The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit announced they have teamed up to improve the diagnosis and early detection of atrial fibrillation (AFib) for those with an increased risk of stroke.
The ...
October 18, 2019Samsung SDS will reportedly launch a blockchain-based medical claims processing system this month. According to CoinDesk, the new system will link all hospitals, pharmacies, insurers and other companies in the ...
October 14, 2019Mastercard is teaming with the taxi ride-hailing app Curb to help the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program, which provides free rides to patients going for cancer treatment, Mastercard ...
October 8, 2019Alphabet-backed healthcare chain One Medical has joined forces with JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley for a planned IPO, CNBC reported on Tuesday (Oct. 8).
Sources told CNBC that the $1.5 billion-valued firm ...
October 8, 2019The World Bank estimates that there are approximately 1.1 billion individuals worldwide without basic ID credentials — a significant obstacle when attempting to access essential services such as healthcare or ...
October 7, 2019The new 5G mobile network technology has started to make its initial foray into healthcare, and at a time when issues of cost, efficiency and accessibility are gaining even more ...
October 3, 2019Walmart, one of the largest companies in the world, will begin pilot testing new healthcare programs for its employees starting next year, according to a report by CNBC.
The move is ...
October 2, 2019Getting to the finish line is one thing. But getting a good start is another matter entirely, and that holds true for the all-important issue of healthcare payments. Patients, hospitals ...
October 2, 2019To provide on-demand delivery for shoppers looking for health and wellness products, Walgreens and Postmates have announced a collaboration. Postmates will deliver hundreds of the pharmacy retailer’s items from 174 ...
October 1, 2019With “URGENT/11” possibly introducing risks for medical devices and hospital networks if exploited by a remote attacker, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is informing patients, manufacturers and IT staff ...
September 30, 2019We all know the drill.
After receiving treatment at a hospital (whether an in-and-out affair, such as an MRI, or a multi-day stay in a room), the insurance notices and bills ...
September 27, 2019Comparatively speaking, the volume of news out of both Walmart and Amazon was down a bit this week in terms of efforts to capture the consumer’s whole paycheck. The name ...
September 27, 2019Brick-and-mortar retailers are expanding their efforts to provide customers with health and wellness services while taking steps to train their employees for healthcare roles. Walmart, in one case, is adding healthcare to its ...
September 27, 2019Sam’s Club is partnering with Humana and other companies to offer members in Michigan, Pennsylvania and North Carolina discounts on healthcare services, including primary care and dental services, The Associated ...
September 26, 2019To provide discounts on routine healthcare that shoppers might skip or delay due to cost, Walmart’s Sam’s Club is collaborating with multiple healthcare companies. Beginning next month, members in Pennsylvania, ...
September 26, 2019Handling patient billing and other paperwork can keep doctors from focusing on patients and drag down optimal care. But, using smart voice assistants in exam rooms to take over bill-related ...
September 25, 2019Amazon rolled out a virtual health clinic with in-home follow-ups for employees in Seattle, Geekwire reported on Tuesday (Sept. 24).
Amazon Care offers online primary care and non-emergency checkups as well ...
September 25, 2019Fifth generation (5G) networks are slated to be in use around the world by 2020. These networks offer higher data processing, lower latencies and more reliable connectivity, which will support ...
September 18, 2019An autonomous drone was used to deliver medical supplies to a remote island in Ireland, according to a report by CNBC.
The delivery shows the promise of the technology, and how ...
September 18, 2019Google has signed deals with five National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the U.K. to process patient data, according to a report by the Financial Times.
The deals are reportedly the ...
September 17, 2019Healthcare, among the biggest industries in the world, is being massively disrupted, an effort that could take years or even decades before all the dust settles. In the meantime, the ...
September 10, 2019Digital technology and the digital ecosystem are helping to drive discount programs for healthcare, a trend that promises to gain even more traction in the 2020s. Even so, the jury ...
September 9, 2019Documents leaked to The Guardian about a future Siri update detail the ability to have a “back-and-forth conversation about health problems,” BGR.com reported on Sunday (Sept. 8).
The healthcare conversations could ...
September 6, 2019Groupon is selling body scans and ultrasounds in a move that highlights the state of modern healthcare, according to a report by NPR.
“Whether or not a person may philosophically agree ...
September 4, 2019Retail innovation can be found in a variety of places – and that includes pharmacies, where the retail model is being revised and even reinvented.
One reason for all of that? ...
August 30, 2019With a deeper move into the market for primary and mental healthcare, Walmart is opening a Walmart Health clinic in Georgia. The retailer updated its website with a link to ...
August 27, 2019QuickBooks Online Payroll customers can now use the payroll platform to offer employees healthcare benefits, the company reported on Tuesday (Aug. 27) in a press release.
Intuit’s technology-driven payroll solution leverages ...
August 22, 2019The push to offer more online privacy to increasingly concerned consumers continues.
This time, it’s a move from Google, but it’s unclear how far these efforts will really go, and whether ...
August 21, 2019The co-founder of Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) lab has been placed on leave due to issues with some of his projects.
Mustafa Suleyman, who runs DeepMind’s “applied” division and has been ...
August 20, 2019Apple Health is undergoing personnel changes after numerous departures following years of internal friction about objectives, CNBC reported on Tuesday (Aug. 20).
The company’s healthcare team has been at odds for ...
August 16, 2019In many retail markets, there is incredible pressure to pick up the pace of delivery. Amazon switched from two-day shipping as its standard base (rapidly followed by Walmart and others), ...
It’s not only shopping that is getting more visual via new and emerging technologies, a trend that promises to get more intense in the 2020s, especially with the deployment of ...
Google‘s recent announcement that it is buying Fitbit is leading some users to ditch the device.
“I’m not only afraid of what they can do with the data currently, but what ...
Ingenico Group announced that it has partnered with Belgium ePharmacy firm Newpharma on a new payment solution for online pharmaceutical buyers.
Launched in 2008, Newpharma was created to bring the pharmacy ...
Healthcare stands as a fertile area for growth in payments and commerce, and the latest example of that comes from Apple. According to CNBC, the company, along with the U.S. ...
Walgreens Boots Alliance could be going private in what would be the largest leveraged purchase of a company ever, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The company has been talking to ...
Though the launch of Healthcare.gov is likely a dim, distant memory for most people, at the time, it was front-page news — and not for a good reason. The site, ...
At first glance, the mention of seafood and the doctor’s office in the same sentence may conjure up images of a clambake gone terribly wrong.
But for Mastercard, which announced a ...
Accounts payable technology company AvidXchange is targeting the healthcare industry with payments and invoicing offerings.
AvidXchange is broadening access of its AvidPay and AvidInvoice tools to the long-term healthcare and social ...
As the tech giant aggressively pursues the health market, Google has hired former Obama administration health official Karen DeSalvo as its first chief health officer. DeSalvo spent the past two years teaching ...
The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit announced they have teamed up to improve the diagnosis and early detection of atrial fibrillation (AFib) for those with an increased risk of stroke.
The ...
Samsung SDS will reportedly launch a blockchain-based medical claims processing system this month. According to CoinDesk, the new system will link all hospitals, pharmacies, insurers and other companies in the ...
Mastercard is teaming with the taxi ride-hailing app Curb to help the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program, which provides free rides to patients going for cancer treatment, Mastercard ...
Alphabet-backed healthcare chain One Medical has joined forces with JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley for a planned IPO, CNBC reported on Tuesday (Oct. 8).
Sources told CNBC that the $1.5 billion-valued firm ...
The World Bank estimates that there are approximately 1.1 billion individuals worldwide without basic ID credentials — a significant obstacle when attempting to access essential services such as healthcare or ...
The new 5G mobile network technology has started to make its initial foray into healthcare, and at a time when issues of cost, efficiency and accessibility are gaining even more ...
Walmart, one of the largest companies in the world, will begin pilot testing new healthcare programs for its employees starting next year, according to a report by CNBC.
The move is ...
Getting to the finish line is one thing. But getting a good start is another matter entirely, and that holds true for the all-important issue of healthcare payments. Patients, hospitals ...
To provide on-demand delivery for shoppers looking for health and wellness products, Walgreens and Postmates have announced a collaboration. Postmates will deliver hundreds of the pharmacy retailer’s items from 174 ...
With “URGENT/11” possibly introducing risks for medical devices and hospital networks if exploited by a remote attacker, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is informing patients, manufacturers and IT staff ...
We all know the drill.
After receiving treatment at a hospital (whether an in-and-out affair, such as an MRI, or a multi-day stay in a room), the insurance notices and bills ...
Comparatively speaking, the volume of news out of both Walmart and Amazon was down a bit this week in terms of efforts to capture the consumer’s whole paycheck. The name ...
Brick-and-mortar retailers are expanding their efforts to provide customers with health and wellness services while taking steps to train their employees for healthcare roles. Walmart, in one case, is adding healthcare to its ...
Sam’s Club is partnering with Humana and other companies to offer members in Michigan, Pennsylvania and North Carolina discounts on healthcare services, including primary care and dental services, The Associated ...
To provide discounts on routine healthcare that shoppers might skip or delay due to cost, Walmart’s Sam’s Club is collaborating with multiple healthcare companies. Beginning next month, members in Pennsylvania, ...
Handling patient billing and other paperwork can keep doctors from focusing on patients and drag down optimal care. But, using smart voice assistants in exam rooms to take over bill-related ...
Amazon rolled out a virtual health clinic with in-home follow-ups for employees in Seattle, Geekwire reported on Tuesday (Sept. 24).
Amazon Care offers online primary care and non-emergency checkups as well ...
Fifth generation (5G) networks are slated to be in use around the world by 2020. These networks offer higher data processing, lower latencies and more reliable connectivity, which will support ...
An autonomous drone was used to deliver medical supplies to a remote island in Ireland, according to a report by CNBC.
The delivery shows the promise of the technology, and how ...
Google has signed deals with five National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the U.K. to process patient data, according to a report by the Financial Times.
The deals are reportedly the ...
Healthcare, among the biggest industries in the world, is being massively disrupted, an effort that could take years or even decades before all the dust settles. In the meantime, the ...
Digital technology and the digital ecosystem are helping to drive discount programs for healthcare, a trend that promises to gain even more traction in the 2020s. Even so, the jury ...
Documents leaked to The Guardian about a future Siri update detail the ability to have a “back-and-forth conversation about health problems,” BGR.com reported on Sunday (Sept. 8).
The healthcare conversations could ...
Groupon is selling body scans and ultrasounds in a move that highlights the state of modern healthcare, according to a report by NPR.
“Whether or not a person may philosophically agree ...
Retail innovation can be found in a variety of places – and that includes pharmacies, where the retail model is being revised and even reinvented.
One reason for all of that? ...
With a deeper move into the market for primary and mental healthcare, Walmart is opening a Walmart Health clinic in Georgia. The retailer updated its website with a link to ...
QuickBooks Online Payroll customers can now use the payroll platform to offer employees healthcare benefits, the company reported on Tuesday (Aug. 27) in a press release.
Intuit’s technology-driven payroll solution leverages ...
The push to offer more online privacy to increasingly concerned consumers continues.
This time, it’s a move from Google, but it’s unclear how far these efforts will really go, and whether ...
The co-founder of Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) lab has been placed on leave due to issues with some of his projects.
Mustafa Suleyman, who runs DeepMind’s “applied” division and has been ...
Apple Health is undergoing personnel changes after numerous departures following years of internal friction about objectives, CNBC reported on Tuesday (Aug. 20).
The company’s healthcare team has been at odds for ...
In many retail markets, there is incredible pressure to pick up the pace of delivery. Amazon switched from two-day shipping as its standard base (rapidly followed by Walmart and others), ...
