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Best Buy Tests Senior Assistance Service, Assured Living
May 28, 2018

Best Buy is testing out a new service aimed at helping to keep senior citizens healthier. “We already assort a variety of health-related products and technology products designed for seniors, like specially designed phones and medical alert systems,” CEO Hubert Joly said on an earnings...

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How Much Can Technology Improve Healthcare Payments?
May 25, 2018

Among the latest hopes for healthcare payments is blockchain. Touted by observers and industry players as one of the top trends that could impact medical billing and data management for 2018, the technology is increasingly being viewed as part of the path to better efficiency...

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The Path To Better Management Of Healthcare Data
May 15, 2018

Blockchain, cloud computing and other technologies are moving further into the world of healthcare data, promising to change everything from patient management to medical payments. Now a U.S.-based organization hopes to get ahead of that curve by offering a new accreditation program designed to boost...

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Oscar Health Raises $165M In Venture Funding To Fuel Growth
March 28, 2018

Oscar Health, the startup aiming to disrupt the healthcare market, announced Tuesday (March 27) that it has raised $165 million in a fresh round of fundraising led by Founders Fund. In a blog post, Mario Schlosser and Joshua Kushner, co-founders of Oscar Health, said other investors...

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Curing Medicine’s Epidemic Of Noncompliance
March 22, 2018

The New York Times wrote in April 2017 that the U.S. was in the throes of an epidemic for which there was not only a cure, but one that would cure every single adult suffering from it. The disease: medication nonadherence. According to data from...