Payers have recently been achieving significant cost-containment by addressing pre- and post-pay deficiencies as part of the claims adjudication process
Health systems and payers are each holding on tightly to their patients’ and members’ data, making it difficult to achieve consumerism’s promises of higher care quality and lower costs. We’re now sitting in between these two extremes, right at the tipping point between an unwillingness to share consumer data, and the need for more data across more hands in healthcare.
Gunjan Bhow joins Walgreens at a critical time as the company fights to shake off a disappointing fiscal 2019 second quarter and keep pace in a competitive healthcare ecommerce race with CVS Health and Amazon, among others.
Researchers now report that wearable technology can safely identify heart rate irregularities that subsequent testing confirmed to be atrial fibrillation, a leading cause of stroke and hospitalization.
One area where Best Buy is looking to grow GreatCall, which generated annual revenue of about $300 million before the retailer acquired it last year, is working with more healthcare insurers.
Large companies make unfathomable fortunes harvesting all manner of data from financial information to the mundane minutia of daily life. Here are five reasons why patient data privacy and control are more important than ever.
Most hospitals appear to be complying with the rule. However, the feds acknowledge they are not yet enforcing the rule, industry groups are not monitoring compliance and many hospitals are burying the information on their websites.
Global healthcare is finally ready to transition to a hybrid cloud model—a mix of on-premise, private cloud services and third-party, public clouds. Hybrid cloud use in healthcare is expected to nearly double by 2020, from 19% to 37%.
Digital Pharmacist says it has more than 7,500 independent pharmacies using its technology, which also helps independent druggists develop a social media marketing program, online newsletters and related health content that pharmacies can send its consumers.
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WEDI 2019 Fall Conference
Dec 2, 2019 – Dec 4, 2019
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA