Thanks to rapidly advancing technology, our homes are becoming much more of a commerce command center than a simple living space. Companies like Roku and Netflix have turned them into mini-movie theaters. Meal delivery services like Green Chef have turned them into intimate restaurants. And...
Remember the old days, when the first thing you did when you had a medical issue was to call your local doctor? Thanks to its omnipresent search engine, Dr. Google has now taken over that role, with a full 70 percent of people conducting a...
Mastercard and the medical management startup digital b.well Connected Health teamed up to offer consumers a secure way to confirm their identities when accessing services via smartphones. “Consumers want to use their phones to connect with their doctors, get information about their insurance and share...
The healthcare patient financing provider CareCredit announced on Friday (April 2) that its app is now available through the Epic App Orchard, opening CareCredit’s service to hundreds of healthcare organizations that use Epic. “When a health system implements the CareCredit Patient Financing app from App...
Consumers know how to shop: Pick the product, check the price, put it in the cart (virtual or physical), head to checkout and pay. But it’s a very different experience with healthcare. In that case, someone goes to the doctor, gets treatment, hands over an...
One of the obvious sectors that has seen explosive growth during the pandemic has been telehealth, in which doctors are able to continue caring for their patients while reducing overall exposure to the virus. Companies providing virtual doctor access such as 98point6 have seen huge...
In some cases, the pandemic forced healthcare companies to develop brand-new solutions to deal with a digital-first economy. In others, it turned a spotlight — and often a flow of investment cash — to companies that were ideally situated to shine during the crisis. The...
No industry has felt the effects of the coronavirus crisis more than the healthcare sector. In addition to the obvious pressures of a surge in personal protection equipment (PPE) demand, intensive care services and vaccine innovation, social distancing orders have introduced new service models that...
In the era of high deductibles and patients taking on an ever-increasing share of healthcare paid out of pocket, medical expenses are turning into a major problem. According to a late 2020 Debt.com study, 56 percent of American adults have had unpaid medical bills sent...
