Independent pharmacies are adapting to new dynamics, with digital tools and patient expectations changing how they operate and deliver care. Once overshadowed by large chain pharmacies, these independent businesses are finding creative ways to stay competitive by integrating new technologies and expanding their roles beyond...
Nvidia has launched a series of partnerships designed to boost the healthcare sector via AI. The collaborations include work with a number of major figures in the $10 trillion healthcare field, the chipmaker announced Monday (Jan. 13) at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. “The convergence...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has formed an artificial intelligence (AI)-centric health partnership with General Catalyst. AWS says the collaboration, announced Monday (Jan. 13), combines its tech expertise with General Catalyst’s history of healthcare investments. “AWS and General Catalyst believe that AI has immense potential to [effect] meaningful change in...
Last year was a good one for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered medical note-taking apps. Investment in these apps doubled in 2024, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Jan. 5), with tech giants and smaller startups scrambling to tap into a $26 billion AI healthcare market. Startups...
Transforming healthcare — in terms of payments efficiencies, so that providers get paid and patients are able to handle the financial responsibilities tied to getting the care they need — is a bit like turning a battleship around on the open seas. It takes time,...
Brazilian startup Carecode has closed a pre-seed round to support the development of its service that uses conversational artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver customer service in healthcare. The service enables healthcare companies to talk in the tone of their brand, “with empathy and clarity”; provide...
Anatomy Financial has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round to expand its solutions that enable healthcare practices to convert their billing workflows from paper to digital. The company’s solutions include healthcare lockbox services, Explanation of Benefits (EOB) conversion to 835 files, and...
FSA Store has launched a tool designed to help consumers use flexible spending account (FSA) funds and ensure they don’t forfeit them at the deadline. The new FSA deadline tool serves the 70% of FSA users who have Dec. 31 as their use-it-or-lose-it deadline, the...
Adyen and Doctolib have teamed up to offer embedded financial products to medical professionals in Europe. With this partnership, Doctolib’s digital healthcare services will expand to include Adyen’s online payment solutions and broader financial services, the companies said in a Wednesday (Nov. 27) press release....
