Drafted into heavy service during COVID-19 lockdowns as office visits cratered and visit requests soared, then after a recent rough patch, telehealth is emerging as a key strategy to control healthcare costs and improve efficiencies for stakeholders. Hints of the magnitude of the change came...
HealthNow, a New Zealand company focused on healthcare affordability, has bought CoverUS, a digital prescription discount platform, a press release said. The companies will debut the CoverUS Payments App in the third quarter of this year. That app will help Americans pay for needed health...
The accelerated shift to contactless during the pandemic has led to faster, simpler and seamless services. That innovation, according to Thomas Grellner, CEO at German MedTech startup Smedo, can also be injected into the healthcare sector to simplify processes and save lives. In an interview...
Mobile healthcare is clearly on trend as providers bringing medical services to patients in at-home and non-traditional settings in what’s proving to be a feel-good prescription for growth for some providers. Last-mile mobile healthcare service provider DocGo, for example, reported a strong first quarter 2022,...
While some of these apps might connect you with people who will ask about your body mass index or beats per minute, we will analyze the apps and look for things like their channel coverage and up-to-date downloads. We do so each month for the...
As consumer complaints about medical billing and collections pour into government agencies, healthcare providers and systems on the other side of the equation are trying to get reimbursed for the critical and often live-saving services they deliver. In April, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...
Almost three-quarters of patients (73%) who visited healthcare practices in the past 12 months saw family practice doctors, while 58% of patients visited dentists and 45% saw specialists, according to “The Digital Healthcare Gap: Streamlining The Patient Journey,” a PYMNTS and Experian Health collaboration. Our...
Telehealth came into its own during the pandemic, safely filling a need while introducing millions to the upside of digital health. With the sense of medical urgency now dialed down, digital healthcare’s mission is staying relevant by improving engagement and experience. A hero of the...
Since its launch in May 2019, the German healthtech firm Wellster has been providing male focused, direct-to-consumer (D2C) treatments through two sub-brands, — Spring (dedicated to men’s sexual and lifestyle health) and Easy (overseeing medical testing and mental health) — serving over 1.5 million patients...
