UnitedHealthGroup
analyse
Big Tech Zeros In on the Virus-Testing Market - 24 juin 2020
As businesses grapple with how to safely reopen the workplace, companies like Fitbit and Verily, Google’s sister company, are rushing out new work force health-vetting and tracking tools.
Verily Life Sciences, a sister company of Google, scrambled to introduce a free coronavirus-screening site for the public and (...)
analyse
Les données de santé, un trésor mondialement convoité - 3 mars 2020
Ces données, transcendées par l’intelligence artificielle, vont façonner la médecine de demain. Comment sont-elles protégées, partagées, monnayées ? Quelle place pour la France face aux géants du numérique ?
Nous sommes tous concernés mais le phénomène est tellement discret qu’il est difficile d’en prendre la pleine mesure. (...)
analyse
US private healthcare firm handed £7million NHS contract to rank patients - Mirror Online - 24 février 2020
EXCLUSIVE : Donald Trump once praised £184billion global giant UnitedHealth Group which divides NHS patients into high, medium and low risk groups sparking fears people could be turned down for ops because of age or weight
A US healthcare firm praised by Donald Trump has been handed £7million to help the NHS (...)
analyse
Privatization at the NHS ? American Business Interests Seek Growing Share of U.K.’s Health System - 14 décembre 2019
Privatization of the National Health Service, the marquee health system of the United Kingdom that provides essential health care services, has become a point of contention in the general election, as voters head to the polls on Thursday.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn alleges that his opponents, led by the (...)
analyse
Viral Tweet About Apple Card Leads to Goldman Sachs Probe - 16 novembre 2019
A Wall Street regulator is opening a probe into Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s credit card practices after a viral tweet from a tech entrepreneur alleged gender discrimination in the new Apple Card’s algorithms when determining credit limits.
A series of posts from David Heinemeier Hansson starting Thursday railed (...)
analyse
You Snooze, You Lose : Insurers Make The Old Adage… — ProPublica - 21 novembre 2018
Millions of sleep apnea patients rely on CPAP breathing machines to get a good night’s rest. Health insurers use a variety of tactics, including surveillance, to make patients bear the costs. Experts say it’s part of the insurance industry playbook.
Last March, Tony Schmidt discovered something unsettling about the (...)
analyse
L’assureur américain Aetna prévoit d’offrir 500 000 Apple Watch - 12 février 2018
Plusieurs assureurs offrent des montres Apple Watch ou des bracelets connectés Fitbit à leurs clients aux Etats-Unis. En échange, ces derniers acceptent de partager leurs données personnelles ou de faire du sport.
Source d’économies ou simple argument marketing ? Aux Etats-Unis, plusieurs assureurs offrent des montres (...)
analyse
Apple approche les mutuelles pour divulguer le comportement des assurés - 22 août 2014
Peut-il y avoir la liberté sans respect de la vie privée ? La question prendra rapidement une importance cruciale, avec les capteurs de données médicales qu’Apple intègre dans ses appareils mobiles, pour vendre aux assurances les moyens de surveiller le comportement des assurés.
Si vous croyez que ça n’arrivera jamais (...)
information
Web Site to Offer Health Advice, Some of It From Marketers - 7 octobre 2010
The expression "sharing is caring" was coined long before the Internet and social media like Facebook and Twitter made it easier for information, opinions and advertising to be shared among multitudes.
Starting on Thursday, the Web site Sharecare.com is to arrive, offering what its proprietors call an (...)
