This article originally appeared in the American Bar Association’s Health eSource here. By KIRK NAHRA This piece is part of the series “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? Privacy? Both?” which explores whether it’s possible to advance interoperability while maintaining privacy. Check out other pieces in the series here. Congress is debating whether to enact a national… Read More: Healthcare in the National Privacy Law Debate »
Royal Philips is considering the sale of its kitchen appliance business generating 2.3 billion euros ($ 2.5 billion) in sales as part of Chief Executive Officer Frans van Houten’s revamp of the Dutch company into a focused healthcare equipment maker. Carving out the unit making coffee makers to air purifiers will take 12 to 18… Read More: Philips mulls sale of $2.5B home appliance unit to shift… »
By KIM BELLARD I don’t really follow FinTech — I can’t even keep up with HealthTech! — but it caught my eye when Visa announced that it was acquiring FinTech company Plaid for $ 5.3b; a 2018 funding round valued the company at $ 2.65b. A 100% increase in valuation within a year suggests that something important… Read More: Healthcare Might Look Good in Plaid »
Dive Brief: Demand for healthcare services will remain stable next year, but profitability will become more of a challenge, according to a new forecast from Fitch Ratings. The continued move from volume to value is encouraging the evolution of traditional business models, the analysis found. The legal fate of the Affordable Care Act is one… Read More: Fitch says 2020 healthcare environment bumpy but negotiable »