Another retailer has thrown its hat into the healthcare ring as Dollar General announced plans this week to hire its first chief medical officer and add products such as cold and cough medication and dental supplies to its shelves. “Our goal is to build and...
Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD will open 29 new Village Medical at Walgreens practices in Houston, Austin and El Paso this year, the companies announced Thursday (July 8). The companies plan to open at least 600 Village Medical at Walgreens outposts in more than 30...
REPAY will be working alongside Credit Management Company in order to offer frictionless healthcare payments, a press release says. The partnership will be happening in connection with REPAY company BillingTree, which works with omnichannel and integrated payments for the healthcare, credit union, ARM and energy...
Digital healthcare companies have had a big year in investing — carried out in about six months’ time. All in all, digital health firms have raised $14.7 billion in the first half of this year, surpassing the entirety of the segment’s 2020 total. The first...
Digital health companies are big recipients of investments lately with money raised totaling $14.7 billion and rising, Bloomberg reported. That is more raised than in all of 2020. Rock Health reported that the first two quarters of 2021 were bigger than any other time reported...
The U.S. is launching rules to drive digital transformation through open application programming interfaces (APIs), a move that could fuel new digital medical services and applications, Venture Beat reported on Thursday (July 1). Using APIs, the healthcare community could make medical records available to medical...
Healthcare automation company Olive has closed a funding round for $400 million, a press release said Thursday (July 1). Olive’s services bridges patients, providers and payers. Per the release, this can help automate workflows and support staff. With the new funding, Olive plans to spend...
Healthcare tech firm Ro has acquired at-home testing company Kit to expand its platform’s lab and diagnostics capabilities, the company announced on Wednesday (June 30). The value of the deal was not disclosed. Kit offers doctor-ordered, customizable tests for home delivery. Patients administer the tests...
Rectangle Health is partnering with DoctorLogic to provide payments products to more healthcare providers. Rectangle, based in Valhalla, New York, will offer its “Practice Management Bridge” to DoctorLogic’s clients. According to a press release, that particular product “interfaces with any EHR system to drive revenue...
