All healthcare organizations are cognizant of the problems presented by fraud, waste and abuse (FWA). Until recently, however, there had yet to be a solution that significantly addresses an issue that each year results in losses of at least $300 billion. Enter artificial intelligence. A 2019 Optum survey of 500 U.S. healthcare leaders showed that [...]
Hospitals might once have been the treatment hub for all of a communities’ aches, pains, and surgical procedures -- but that central status is becoming hazier by the day. In the last few years, increasing pressure to make health services more affordable, accessible, and effective has prompted many healthcare organizations to decompress their campuses and [...]
Walmart isn't the first place patients tend to go after spraining their ankle or coming down with a bout of the flu — but in future years, seeing a doctor, filling a prescription, and picking up a few get-well odds and ends in a single trip to the store might just become the norm. This [...]