Bit by bit, the realities of the paycheck-to-paycheck economy are changing the way credit, and creditworthiness, is monitored. To that end, the three major credit bureaus — Experian, Equifax and TransUnion — will move to take roughly 70% of the medical debt that is currently...
Home improvement lending FinTech PowerPay is expanding into the field of healthcare financing, the company said in a news release Thursday (March 17). The company said the new program will help patients finance things like cosmetic surgery, dentistry, fertility treatments, medical spa services, vision correction...
The National Parks Service once used the slogan “Know Before You Go,” encouraging hikers to check weather and trail conditions first to head off difficulties. Healthcare should license that tagline in 2022. In what we hope are the last days of the pandemic, hospitals, health...
Patient medical data in the form of Electronic Health Records (EHR) is undergoing its own digital shift, as Big Tech partners up to bring about more advanced levels of connected care. While players like Amazon and Apple move into everything from clinics and telehealth to...
Adobe announced Tuesday (March 15) the general availability of the Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare, which allows healthcare enterprises to deliver digital experiences to their customers, according to a presentation at Adobe Summit in San Jose, California. The report notes that many patients are becoming...
With a third of U.S. consumers saying they’ve waived necessary medical tests or treatments over cost fears that originate with opacity and get denser from there, change is dangerously overdue. Depending on whom you ask, health systems have been extending payment options for years —...
The pandemic-induced digital transformation has dramatically changed how industries across the world offer services to their customers. But while it’s possible to book a flight to another part of the world in mere minutes or have groceries delivered in 20 minutes, the same speed and...
The rise of telehealth has been a boon to patients. It’s given them wider range of specialists to pick from and made the question “how am I going to get to the doctor?” less of a concern. And while many Americans have begun using telehealth...
The first wave of pandemic era healthcare innovation marked by expansion of in-store clinics and telehealth services is progressing as retailers add new dimensions in connected care. New evidence of the trend comes from Walmart, announcing on Thursday (March 10) that it’s got something new...
