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WeightWatchers Acquiring Subscription Telehealth Platform Weekend Health
WeightWatchers Acquiring Subscription Telehealth Platform Weekend Health
March 06, 2023  |  Healthcare

WeightWatchers is acquiring subscription telehealth platform Weekend Health, which does business as Sequence. The planned acquisition will add Sequence’s platform, which offers access to healthcare...

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Healthcare Providers Without Payment Plans Risk Losing Patients
Healthcare Providers Without Payment Plans Risk Losing Patients
February 28, 2023  |  Healthcare

Providers with limited payment plan offerings may lose patients who can’t afford to settle up at time of service. Although the worst of inflation may...

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Millennials Drive Demand for BNPL as Healthcare Payment Option
Millennials Drive Demand for BNPL as Healthcare Payment Option
January 06, 2023  |  Healthcare

Gen Z, millennials and lower-income patients are driving consumer demand for healthcare payment plans. Despite relatively accessible health insurance options in the U.S., consumers often...

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Wearable Healthcare Tech Trend Driven by Millennials
Wearable Healthcare Tech Trend Driven by Millennials
December 27, 2022  |  Technology

Over two-thirds of Generation Z and millennial consumers track their health using wearable heathcare tech. That’s according to findings from “How Digital Has Changed the...

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Digital Healthcare Goes Omnichannel With 118 Million US Consumers
Digital Healthcare Goes Omnichannel With 118 Million US Consumers
December 16, 2022  |  Healthcare

Each month in 2022, an average of 100 million consumers attended telehealth appointments, while 118 million consumers logged online to schedule more appointments, check test...

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Digital Healthcare Misses Mark for Needier Patients
Digital Healthcare Misses Mark for Needier Patients
December 12, 2022  |  Healthcare

Lower-income patients are being underserved in the virtual medical space and healthcare wearables. Consumers earning below $50,000 annually engage 8% less in healthcare channels now...

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Health Tracking Wearables and Apps Grew 21% in Past Year
Health Tracking Wearables and Apps Grew 21% in Past Year
November 28, 2022  |  Healthcare

What’s your health-tracking pleasure, wearables or apps? Both are popular, but it’s fashion-forward wearables passively monitoring vitals that are getting more consumer love. Examining this...

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Connected Consumers Keep Main Street Fitness Firms’ Growth Healthy
Connected Consumers Keep Main Street Fitness Firms’ Growth Healthy
November 23, 2022  |  Fitness

Depending on where you look, Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are either struggling with macro headwinds and fighting for survival — or they’re...

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Consumers Tap Technology to Take Their Health Into Their Own Hands
Consumers Tap Technology to Take Their Health Into Their Own Hands
November 21, 2022  |  Healthcare

Health-monitoring technologies are helping consumers take their health into their own hands — quite literally. Ninety-seven million U.S. consumers used some type of health monitoring...

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