POSTS TAGGED AS Primary Care

Amazon Prepares to Move into Healthcare

Amazon building healthcare
The first retail clinics in the US appeared in 2000, and quickly grew to several hundred.  Their number [MORE]

Walmart’s Healthcare “Super Center”

 
Walmart Health
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has been exploring healthcare offerings for more than a decade.  Now, the company has [MORE]

AI Coming to Primary Care

Automated image analysis
“With more than 500 million patient visits annually, primary care is a prime area where artificial intelligence can [MORE]

CMS Expands Telemedicine Services

Telemedicine consultation
Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid changed the 2019 “Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program [MORE]

Medical Schools of the Near Future

With medicine going through what may be its greatest transformation since the beginning of germ theory, medical schools are [MORE]

Cleveland Clinic’s New Personalized Healthcare Center

Cleveland Clinic’s new Center for Personalized Healthcare aims to use healthcare IT more effectively in tailoring an integrated approach to [MORE]

A Primary Care Physician’s Perspective on Medicine and Money

Dr. Alan Dappen
Dr. Alan Dappen, who spoke at last year’s Medical Automation Conference, writes a blog about primary care [MORE]

Half-Million $ Grants for Remote Monitoring

The Center for Technology & Aging, a not-for-profit organization in Oakland, CA, has a RFP for remote monitoring of [MORE]

Implant for Remote Heart Monitoring

On Feb. 16, Medtronic announced its new implantable heart monitor, “Reveal XT,” as part of its Care Link Network.  A [MORE]

Tracking US Health

The National Academies’ Institute of Medicine has recommended 20 health indicators to aid in measuring the nation’s public health and [MORE]

Priceline for Healthcare

HealthPartners, a non-profit HMO in Bloomington, MN, has put its prices for 83 procedures online.  These include five high volume [MORE]