Electronics chain Best Buy is partnering with Atrium Health to help provide hospital-level care in the home. The retailer's Geek Squad service will install technology at patients' homes to monitor vital signs such as heart rate and blood oxygen level. The goal is to deliver high-quality health care while reducing the financial and emotional burden of visiting a hospital.
Best Buy touted its experience installing electronics systems giving it a handle on the logistics of setting up medical devices.
“We’re excited to leverage our expertise in omnichannel, supply chain, Caring Center support and services, in-home support and our ability to connect patients and providers through Current Health’s care at home platform," said Deborah Di Sanzo, president of Best Buy Health in a press release.
Once Best Buy handles the installation, Atrium Health will actually administer care. The telehealth firm launched its hospital at-home program early in the COVID-19 pandemic and is now expanding that approach to conditions such as "cardiac, COPD, pneumonia, asthma, various infections and other medical and post-operative conditions."
“Our surveys show high levels of patient satisfaction for our hospital at home experience and the use of virtual care is a valuable tool in our efforts to eradicate both economic and geographic disparities in accessing health care services," said Dr. Rasu Shrestha, chief innovation and commercialization officer at Advocate Health, which is a part of Atrium Health, in a press release.
Spending this holiday season is set to significantly rise, according to an economic survey from CNBC.
Google settled an antitrust lawsuit, Tesla is reportedly raising pay, a group is suing Utah over its social media policies for kids and the founder of Nikola was sentenced to prison.
The White House is lending its support to an auto industry effort to standardize Tesla’s electric vehicle charging plugs for all EVs in the United States.
Some of America’s biggest retailers are working to increase their shipping speeds to please shoppers expecting faster and faster deliveries.
A group representing several big tech companies is suing Utah over state laws about children's social media use.
Google has agreed to pay $700 million to settle an anti-trust settlement.
Stocks were up after the closing bell as Wall Street continued to pin their hopes on rate cuts after last week's comments from the Fed.
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