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Rise of Retail Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities for Payers

HIT Consultant

Pharmacies, department stores, convenience stores, and technology companies are all shifting the standard of care toward retail or online centers that provide care at the same place you already shop for household supplies, groceries, or prescriptions.

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Infusing Telehealth & Virtual Care Into Patient Care Plans With Thomas Foley | Ep.15

Vie Healthcare

The three continuums of the healthcare digital transformation journey and why hospitals need to reimagine virtual care. It’s not virtual care versus bricks and mortar care, it’s the blending of the two that will help you reimagine.’’ The one side is that we do provide urgent care services through the GenieMD Medical Group.

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Why It’s Time for Healthcare Organizations to Start Treating Patients Like Consumers

HIT Consultant

And for the patient, more D2C-enabled care can mean a more disjointed, episodic patient experience, without any one provider having a holistic view of their health and well-being. That begins by treating patients like consumers and offering personalized experiences.