Healthcare

Health care, health-care, or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals in allied health fields.

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Diagnosis AI: Data-Centric Approach Creates the ‘Internet of Healthcare’
Diagnosis AI: Data-Centric Approach Creates the ‘Internet of Healthcare’
January 19, 2021  |  Healthcare

The connected economy has tremendous untapped potential in the healthcare industry. A case in point can be seen in one of the key pain points...

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COVID Vaccinations Could Be A Shot In The Arm For CVS, Walgreens, Other Pharmacies 
COVID Vaccinations Could Be A Shot In The Arm For CVS, Walgreens, Other Pharmacies 
January 18, 2021  |  Retail

“We’re going to fully activate the pharmacies across the country to get the vaccination into more arms as quickly as possible,” Biden said in a...

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AHLA: Consider Hotels As Vaccine Distribution Sites
AHLA: Consider Hotels As Vaccine Distribution Sites
January 15, 2021  |  Healthcare

A letter from the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) says that America’s hotels, starved for work, want to be considered as vaccine distribution sites....

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Better Queuing Can Solve COVID-19 Vaccine’s Last Mile Problem
Better Queuing Can Solve COVID-19 Vaccine’s Last Mile Problem
January 15, 2021  |  Coronavirus

The pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of virtually every institution that underpins daily life — perhaps none so much as the U.S. healthcare system. Hospitals...

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Accolade To Buy 2nd.MD To Boost Telehealth Options
Accolade To Buy 2nd.MD To Boost Telehealth Options
January 14, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Healthcare technology company Accolade is buying telemedicine startup 2nd.MD to boost its abilities to help users navigate medical plans and second options, CNBC reported. The...

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Decision Time Approaches For Competing COVID Immunity Passport Schemes
Decision Time Approaches For Competing COVID Immunity Passport Schemes
January 14, 2021  |  Coronavirus

In America’s antebellum south, mosquito-borne yellow fever was the COVID-19 of its day. There was no vaccine. People built up socially valuable “immunocapital” by catching...

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New Health Coalition Pushes For Digital COVID Vaccination Records
New Health Coalition Pushes For Digital COVID Vaccination Records
January 14, 2021  |  Healthcare

A coalition of organizations in the health and technology industries has kicked off a campaign to allow individuals to easily access their COVID-19 vaccination records...

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Mastercard’s Saxena: Walgreens Deal Addresses Dual Priorities Of Payments And Healthcare
Mastercard’s Saxena: Walgreens Deal Addresses Dual Priorities Of Payments And Healthcare
January 14, 2021  |  Retail

The relationship announced Wednesday (Jan. 13) between Walgreens, Mastercard and Synchrony is more than a standard co-brand deal. The three companies will now team up...

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Dollar General Offers Workers Extra Pay For Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
Dollar General Offers Workers Extra Pay For Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
January 13, 2021  |  Coronavirus

What should retailers do to lure skittish customers back into their stores? Dollar General Corp. has reportedly come up with a solution: Offer employees the...

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