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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Real-Time Payments Help Cure Small Business Healthcare Provider Finances
Real-Time Payments Help Cure Small Business Healthcare Provider Finances
April 25, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

Small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the healthcare provider segment now use real-time payments more widely than other payment rails. PYMNTS Intelligence finds that in...

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UnitedHealth Group Shutting Down Optum Virtual Care Telehealth Business
UnitedHealth Group Shutting Down Optum Virtual Care Telehealth Business
April 24, 2024  |  Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group is shutting down its Optum Virtual Care telehealth business. Employees were notified of the shutdown on Thursday (April 18), and some were told that their last day...

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78% of High-Income Women Spend Money on Their Own Medical Care
78% of High-Income Women Spend Money on Their Own Medical Care
April 24, 2024  |  Healthcare

Independent research reveals that women have been underrepresented in many healthcare studies. PYMNTS Intelligence recently set out to dive more deeply into the subject of...

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Robots Redefine Surgical Landscape for Enhanced Patient Outcomes
Robots Redefine Surgical Landscape for Enhanced Patient Outcomes
April 23, 2024  |  Healthcare

The integration of robotics is reshaping surgical procedures, promising enhanced precision, efficiency, and improved patient outcomes.  Recent earnings reports from industry giants like Intuitive Surgical and Johnson &...

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Hackers Were in Change Healthcare System 9 Days Before Ransomware Attack
Hackers Were in Change Healthcare System 9 Days Before Ransomware Attack
April 22, 2024  |  Cybersecurity

Hackers were reportedly in the networks of UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare unit for days before launching their ransomware strike. They gained entry to the networks...

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The Chatbot Will See You Now: Medical Experts Debate the Rise of AI Healthcare
The Chatbot Will See You Now: Medical Experts Debate the Rise of AI Healthcare
April 22, 2024  |  Healthcare

As artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots become increasingly common in healthcare, questions about their effectiveness and reliability continue to spark debate. The World Health Organization (WHO)...

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AR and VR Have Potential to Reshape Wearable Tech Landscape
AR and VR Have Potential to Reshape Wearable Tech Landscape
April 22, 2024  |  Wearables

Frequently integrated into wearable devices such as smart glasses and headsets, extended reality (XR) technology — encompassing augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality...

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Synchrony: Addressing Women’s Economic Needs Can Improve Healthcare
Synchrony: Addressing Women’s Economic Needs Can Improve Healthcare
April 19, 2024  |  Healthcare

Health is wealth, in more ways than one. That’s because disparities in healthcare spending between patients are highly correlated to disparities in health outcomes. And,...

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UnitedHealth Reports Processing Issues at Change Healthcare
UnitedHealth Reports Processing Issues at Change Healthcare
April 18, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Change Healthcare’s troubles are apparently not over. The company, which is owned by UnitedHealth, said Thursday (April 18) it had fixed an issue that had hindered...

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