Healthcare

Health care, health-care, or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals in allied health fields.

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Patients Are Empowered Consumers, and They Expect Personalized Payment Options

Patients Are Empowered Consumers, and They Expect Personalized Payment Options
Patients Are Empowered Consumers, and They Expect Personalized Payment Options
October 18, 2021  |  Healthcare

In “The Way Payments Are Now Done,” 33 payment executives discuss what payments’ “new normal” looks like. Alberto Casellas, EVP and CEO at Synchrony’s health...

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Sprinter Health Aims to Solve Healthcare’s Last Mile With On-Demand Lab Tests
Sprinter Health Aims to Solve Healthcare’s Last Mile With On-Demand Lab Tests
October 18, 2021  |  Healthcare

Every service has a last mile – that final, physical meeting between consumer and provider. We tend to equate the “last-mile” concept with retail, with the...

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Today in Healthcare: UHC and Walgreens Make Digital Advancements, U.K. HC Records at Heart of Lawsuit 
Today in Healthcare: UHC and Walgreens Make Digital Advancements, U.K. HC Records at Heart of...
October 15, 2021  |  Healthcare

Today in healthcare, DeepMind gets hit with class-action lawsuit by U.K. patients. Plus, Walgreens rolls out a healthcare-focused business segment, and UnitedHealth Group reports healthy...

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Today In Retail: Walgreens Leans Into Healthcare; Ikea Faces Another Year of Shortages
Today In Retail: Walgreens Leans Into Healthcare; Ikea Faces Another Year of Shortages
October 14, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Walgreens is launching a new business segment focused on expanding the pharmacy chain’s healthcare offerings, while Ikea executives say they...

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Google’s DeepMind Facing Suit Over UK Health Data
Google’s DeepMind Facing Suit Over UK Health Data
October 14, 2021  |  Legal & Regulation

A Google-owned artificial intelligence (AI) research firm is facing a class-action lawsuit over its use of the health records of 1.6 million patients in the...

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UnitedHealth, Walgreens Play to Digital Strengths in Latest Earnings
UnitedHealth, Walgreens Play to Digital Strengths in Latest Earnings
October 14, 2021  |  Earnings

UnitedHealth Group and Walgreens each reported fiscal growth and ongoing strategic expansions of their respective connected healthcare ecosystems during quarterly earnings calls on Thursday (Oct....

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Digital Payments Platform AeroPay Enables Online Payments for Cannabis Dispensaries  
Digital Payments Platform AeroPay Enables Online Payments for Cannabis Dispensaries  
October 14, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Digital payments platform AeroPay has joined forces with cannabis eCommerce provider Jane Technologies Inc. to enable digital payments through AeroPay for the more than 2,100...

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Walgreens Launches New Business Segment Focused on Healthcare
Walgreens Launches New Business Segment Focused on Healthcare
October 14, 2021  |  Retail

Walgreens is doubling down on its investment in healthcare offerings, with executives saying that the future of the pharmacy retail chain is dependent on making...

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