Estimates for the number of U.S. prescriptions dispensed in 2021 hover around 4.4 billion. Let that sink in as you also imagine the countless telehealth and office visits, phone calls, text messages and recurring refills generating that mountain of medication orders. More mindboggling still is...
It would be hard to find a household in the U.S. that hasn’t been touched by the pandemic-driven changes in healthcare over the past year. Those changes have been quantified in some staggering numbers. First, take telehealth. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
The rise of telemedicine services is forcing a greater need to secure the data that is exchanged. In this month's Merchants Guide To Navigating Global Payment Regulations, Cary Breese, CEO of prescription delivery service NowRx, discusses the pandemic's impact on digital identity and privacy preferences...
A recent report released by the United Nations found that 132 out of 194 countries have now introduced data protection regulations of some kind, all varying in terms of what type of information they protect and the severity of their restrictions. These regulations are being...
March 03, 2022
Estimates for the number of U.S. prescriptions dispensed in 2021 hover around 4.4 billion. Let that sink in as you also imagine the countless telehealth and office visits, phone calls, text messages and recurring refills generating that mountain of medication orders. More mindboggling still is the fact that even through the worst of the pandemic, […]
March 10, 2021
It would be hard to find a household in the U.S. that hasn’t been touched by the pandemic-driven changes in healthcare over the past year. Those changes have been quantified in...
November 23, 2020
A recent report released by the United Nations found that 132 out of 194 countries have now introduced data protection regulations of some kind, all varying in terms of what...
September 23, 2020
On a day when the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell more than 3 percent, one new issue stood out. Shares of GoodRx soared 53 percent on their first trading day...
