California-based diagnostics startup Simple HealthKit announced that it is partnering with Walmart to make its home diagnostic test kits for diabetes, sexual wellness and respiratory health available to customers via the retail chain's website.
Simple HeathKit's sexual health test kit can identify gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis. Its respiratory test can detect influenza and respiratory...
Though telehealth usage has declined from pandemic highs, the forces of consumerization and pressure from new retail companies could have a growing impact on the healthcare industry, according to a report by Trilliant Health.
The 2022 Trends Shaping the Health Economy analysis found that telehealth volumes peaked at 73.7 million visits in the second quarter of 2020 and that visits during the...
Retail giant Walmart is teaming up with behavioral health-coaching platform BetterUp on a new service aimed at supporting caregivers. Called BetterUp for Caregivers, the subscription service will be exclusively offered through Walmart's Wellness Hub.
The monthly subscription offers coaching circles with other caregivers and live virtual classes. Members can also tap into exercises and wellness-...
Though COVID-19 vaccines began their rollout to the public, 2021 was still a turbulent year for healthcare providers as they weathered new virus variants, staffing shortages and burnout.
But the pandemic also created a new wave of interest in virtual care and telehealth. Many providers turned toward the modality to keep in contact with patients in 2020, but startups and other organizations are...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that were instituted to help control it have re-shaped every sector, and healthcare is no exception. But it isn’t only traditional providers and payers that have discovered the virtues of virtual care and are now exploring its best use cases.
New players that have been entering healthcare over the last few years – including big tech companies and big box...
Big retail is positioned to shake up the healthcare industry. With more than 200 million weekly customers, Walmart may have the reach to do just that. Walmart’s interest in healthcare isn’t anything new.
“Walmart believes we have a right to make healthcare disrupted. We are doing that by providing all of the assets that we have, and our mission is to provide affordable, accessible, human-...
Trust is one of the most important factors in healthcare, according to a panel at Northwell Health’s Raise Health Forum. However, due to current health inequities and a dark history of racism and bias, the medical system has often lost this component in many underserved communities.
“We have been treated in many respects as lab animals, where in marginalized communities the only access to help we...
Walmart this week strengthened its foothold as a healthcare provider with the announcement of its plans to acquire telehealth company MeMD.
The retail giant’s healthcare arm, Walmart Health, will bring MeMD’s multi-specialty virtual care options into its fold later this year.
The deal is expected to close in the coming months, following regulatory approvals, according to the announcement. The...
In an effort to further its foothold in the healthcare space, Walmart announced that it has acquired digital medication management company CareZone’s tech platform, patents and “key intellectual property.”
While CareZone will remain a separate, unrelated company, some of its employees on the product and tech team will be joining Walmart in order to help integrate the system. The platform caters...
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