Financial pains are all too common for patients and service providers in the healthcare industry. Patients can struggle to afford the high costs associated with medical care, and hospitals can struggle to keep the lights on when bill payments trickle in slowly. These were significant...
In the latest example of hospitals’ influence in the data economy, Microsoft and Amazon now have access to patient records. The deal, struck with large hospital players, will allow the megaliths access to data under deals to crunch millions of patient records. According to The...
Amazon, J.P. Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway have finally revealed the name for their joint healthcare initiative: “Haven.” “We want to change the way people experience healthcare so that it is simpler, better and lower cost,” Dr. Atul Gawande, Haven’s CEO, said in a statement on...
With healthcare costs on the perpetual rise, many employers are offering insurance plans with high deductibles to keep costs down. But that can leave patients with a $5,000 upfront cost to hurdle in order to get a medically necessary procedure. Should they take on the...
January 18, 2021
Healthcare is top of mind, of course, amid the pandemic. And it’s also a given that a robust healthcare plan would be a drawing card for employers in gaining and retaining employees. Both of these dynamics are in motion as the new year starts to play out. But so is another dynamic: the traditional healthcare […]
July 03, 2017
With healthcare costs on the perpetual rise, many employers are offering insurance plans with high deductibles to keep costs down. But that can leave patients with a $5,000 upfront cost...
January 21, 2020
In the latest example of hospitals’ influence in the data economy, Microsoft and Amazon now have access to patient records. The deal, struck with large hospital players, will allow the megaliths access to data under deals to crunch millions of patient records. According to The Wall Street Journal, neither hospitals nor the tech giants explicitly […]
March 07, 2019
Amazon, J.P. Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway have finally revealed the name for their joint healthcare initiative: “Haven.” “We want to change the way people experience healthcare so that it is...
April 11, 2017
With all of the intricately linked aspects of the health care system, it’s safe to say that the software used by any medical-related staff is likely to be just as...