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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Amazon Halts Plans To Sell Drugs To Hospitals
Amazon Halts Plans To Sell Drugs To Hospitals
April 17, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon Business, the Amazon unit that sells bulk products to businesses, had mulled selling pharmaceutical products but decided against it. CNBC, citing people familiar with...

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Payments Missing In Healthcare Industry’s Exploration Of Blockchain
Payments Missing In Healthcare Industry’s Exploration Of Blockchain
April 11, 2018  |  B2B Payments

When Deloitte published its “Blockchain: Opportunities for health care” report in 2016, the consultancy identified three key pillars of potential blockchain disruption for the industry:...

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Insurers Test Blockchain To Manage Provider Data
Insurers Test Blockchain To Manage Provider Data
April 06, 2018  |  News

The blockchain is making inroads into healthcare. Earlier this week, five healthcare firms operating across the U.S. insurance landscape said they’re launching a pilot program that...

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Walmart In Talks To Buy Humana In What Would Be Its Largest Deal Ever
Walmart In Talks To Buy Humana In What Would Be Its Largest Deal Ever
March 30, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walmart is reportedly in early-stage talks to acquire Humana, the insurance company, in a deal that could mark Walmart’s largest acquisition ever. Citing people familiar...

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Staying Healthy And Secure — Physically And Digitally
Staying Healthy And Secure — Physically And Digitally
March 29, 2018  |  Today In Data

2017 was a banner year for bad news. Cybersecurity was less than healthy, and hackers escalated their cyberattack efforts — which means it was a troubling...

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

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...

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SteadyMD: How Healthcare Payments Tech Can Give Every American A Concierge Doctor
SteadyMD: How Healthcare Payments Tech Can Give Every American A Concierge Doctor
March 28, 2018  |  Matchmakers

From the patient side, the many unpleasant points in the modern distribution of primary care in the U.S. are readily apparent. Appointments take a long time to...

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Curing Medicine’s Epidemic Of Noncompliance
Curing Medicine’s Epidemic Of Noncompliance
March 22, 2018  |  Healthcare

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...

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What The $1B Kiosk Industry Can Do For Hotels And Restaurants
What The $1B Kiosk Industry Can Do For Hotels And Restaurants
March 14, 2018  |  Retail

Kiosks aren’t just for selling tickets or providing customers with another way to order a meal. They can personalize the guest experience too. “Our take...

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