The United States is currently weathering a healthcare worker shortage that is estimated to get quite a bit worse before it gets better. According to healthcare staffing consultancy Mercer, to cover the needs of an aging population as baby boomers sail into their golden years,...
Way back when, medicine used to be simple. Grind up, boil and drink a few roots here, employ a few leeches there. Pay a barber to do some bloodletting or cupping when necessary, and hope for the best. Those ancient remedies still have their adherents...
As 5G deployments start, the people who run hospitals and medical offices, along with companies that supply healthcare devices and payment services, are starting to figure out what the quicker speed and other features of the new mobile network technology will do for them. These...
Comcast reportedly is getting into healthcare — the latest example of how technology is proving entry for a variety of tech and communication-focused firms into one of the largest industries in the U.S., a group that includes the likes of Amazon, Google and Apple. According...
Ant Financial Services Group, the payment affiliate of Alibaba, launched a health aid plan in China that has landed more than 50 million users. According to a report in Reuters citing Ant Financial, the plan called Xiang Hu Bao, which means mutual protection in English, gives...
Big Tech is busy disrupting healthcare and shaping the industry’s future, and Amazon is showing the latest example of that — though it’s hardly the only force putting pressure for change on that massive sector of the economy. Amazon wants to enable Alexa, its voice-activated...
Pharmacies and the delivery of prescription medication are both undergoing significant change, and much of the credit for that can be directly or indirectly attributed to the rise of eCommerce and digital payments. The latest development? The deployment in South Africa of what some observers...
Cedars-Sinai, a hospital in Los Angeles, California, has begun a pilot program that placed an Amazon Echo in 100 patient rooms for hands-free nurse interaction and entertainment control, the hospital said in a statement. The platform, called Aiva, is the first patient-centered voice assistant of...
Americans are on the hook for an ever-increasing percentage of their medical bills. As healthcare becomes a tough pill to swallow financially, 57 percent of consumers would like to set up, or at least be offered, payment plans. John Talaga, GM and EVP of Healthcare...
