Catapulted from relative obscurity to mainstream status by COVID-19, telemedicine has obvious limitations in treating disease, but the emerging world of digital therapeutics is changing that. This nascent field is the next step for telemedicine, in which software and apps running on consumer electronics like...
Connected health is having a lively year in the wake of a pandemic that exposed weaknesses in several areas, including how patient data is shared and how payments are handled. The latest deal confirming the trend came in the announcement on Monday (Nov. 22) that...
Vital signs are improving for in-office doctor visits after they cratered in 2020. The latest evidence comes from CVS Health’s Q3 results, which beat analysts’ expectations, based in part on higher prescription volumes — a tell that more people are going to the doctor. As...
InComm Payments is teaming up with Convey Health Solutions to offer wider access to over-the-counter (OTC) services to its health plan associates. The collaboration between the two firms will make use of Miramar, Convey’s Medicare enrollment software that serves as an end-to-end OTC benefits tool....
January 24, 2024
Picture this: a 28-year-old $400,000 in debt who has never held a job. Would you give them a loan? Chances are, probably not. And that’s the thought taken by most banks, too. But, just like most banks, you probably weren’t picturing a doctor — or someone who might be one in a few years. And […]
July 14, 2022
Catapulted from relative obscurity to mainstream status by COVID-19, telemedicine has obvious limitations in treating disease, but the emerging world of digital therapeutics is changing that. This nascent field is...
February 17, 2020
A digital-first world needs a digital-first healthcare payments reboot, especially as consumers become among its largest payors. It’s one of the reasons that Flywire CEO Mike Massaro tells Karen Webster...
June 17, 2019
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...
July 27, 2021
InComm Payments is teaming up with Convey Health Solutions to offer wider access to over-the-counter (OTC) services to its health plan associates. The collaboration between the two firms will make use of Miramar, Convey’s Medicare enrollment software that serves as an end-to-end OTC benefits tool. With Miramar, OTC benefits are processed via mail order, benefit […]
December 14, 2020
The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, outside of clinical trials, started being administered to healthcare workers and nursing home staffers on Monday (Dec.14). “Collectively, we aim to vaccinate...
December 03, 2020
Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates told “TODAY” on Thursday (Dec. 3) that he expects that by June, anyone who wants a coronavirus vaccine will be able to get one. The Bill...
November 02, 2020
An Indonesian company is helping to push telemedicine forward by using artificial intelligence (AI) to give doctors feedback on how to improve patient care, according to Google’s The Keyword. Jakarta-based...
