Microsoft showed just how seriously it takes its ambitions in the health sector when it announced its second most expensive purchase in history after LinkedIn – that of Nuance Communications. Nuance, which specializes in speech recognition, will enable Microsoft to develop technology that can process...
After a troubled year involving a lawsuit by the American Hospital Association, the price transparency rule for hospitals went into effect on Jan. 1, 2021. The rule, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is intended to not only make pricing for...
With an impending healthcare worker shortage and a relatively high rate of burnout among physicians and nurses, there’s a significant buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to take some tedious tasks off clinicians’ plates, such as maintaining electronic health records (EHR). Furthermore, AI-based...
While the thought of applying artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare might bring to mind images of a robotic doctor’s office where scans, questionnaires and prescription printouts could be all it takes to tend to patient care, the reality of using the technology in this sector...
In the wake of the pandemic and its shakeup of traditional healthcare patterns, both patients and physicians are reporting high levels of satisfaction with telehealth. Now, state legislatures and the federal government are also getting in on the action, seeking to make some of the...
The COVID-19 pandemic might have pushed alternative treatments channels like telemedicine forward, but in terms of regular care, there was a decided backlash. Now, thanks to continuing statistical research, a clearer picture is starting to emerge in terms of who missed care and how various...
The concept of home healthcare has had an inconsistent journey since the doctor house calls of 50 years ago. For example, according to the National Association for Home Care (NAHC), in the mid-80s, home care providers were down to a total of 5,900 across the...
Quest Diagnostics had been preparing for 2020 for two years. As one of the top medical-testing providers in the nation, it first launched its consumer-initiated testing program, QuestDirect, at the end of 2018. Through it, consumers can visit the company’s website and order at-home testing...
According to an estimate by Grand View Research, the telehealth market is expected to experience a 22.4 percent compound annual growth rate from now until 2028. Considering that the current global telemedicine market size was estimated at almost $56 billion in 2020, that’s a significant...
