PYMNTS’ latest research on the healthcare space shows that 3 in 4 United States consumers made at least one payment for a healthcare product or service in the past 12 months, and many experienced at least one pain point in the process. Although consumers still...
Digital prescriptions have opened up the market for pharmacy services in the U.K. In the days of paper prescriptions, a handful of high street pharmacists dominated the market, but with the advent of electronic prescriptions and their widespread adoption by the National Health Service (NHS),...
As costs climb, it may finally be time for health insurance companies to grow out of legacy paper check systems. In our ever-increasingly connected digital age, an industry-wide reliance on analog solutions seems almost quaint — until one realizes the expense involved in this dependence....
The digital healthcare arena continues transforming healthcare delivery while broadening access for patients. This, as health technology company and insurance platform Oscar Health told investors on Thursday’s (Feb. 9) fourth quarter 2022 earnings call that its membership numbers for the year rose to a record...
It’s a concept in need of a catchy name, but the healthcare financing innovation from Health Payment Systems/PayMedix is in some ways a new form of buy now, pay later (BNPL) that may upend the apple cart of how people access healthcare — even if...
ShiftMed has raised $200 million to expand its digital healthcare labor marketplace. The platform, which connects healthcare providers with licensed nurses, aims to expand its national footprint across the healthcare market, ShiftMed said in a Monday (Feb. 6) press release. “Healthcare providers continue to struggle...
Grocery giant Albertsons is the latest retailer expanding into the world of healthcare. The company announced Monday (Feb. 6) the debut of Sincerely Health, a digital health and wellness platform accessible on 16 of its grocers’ apps and websites, including Safeway, Vons, Acme and Albertsons...
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...