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Walgreens Set To Open Primary Care Clinics In Houston

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Walgreens and VillageMD , a leading national provider of primary healthcare, have announced a partnership to provide primary care services for adult patients in the Houston, Texas area. Walgreens chief medical officer and group vice president, healthcare services and clinical programs, said in a press release. billion in healthcare spending.

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College Students Seek Lower Fall Tuition As Schools Plan To Stick With Digital Classes

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Students at schools from coast to coast — from the University of Houston to Rutgers to The University of Chicago and more — are reportedly seeking tuition discounts , and some are even suing their schools for refunds to cover the spring semester. Some institutions do plan to reduce the cost of attendance. percent for out-of-state ones.

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Inside Chipotle’s Decade Of Digital-First Ordering Innovation

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Pizza chain Domino’s , for example, is planning to test self-driving vehicle technology in one major metro region. The company has partnered with autonomous technology firm Nuro with plans to put driverless delivery vehicles to work in Houston, Texas, by the end of 2019. Deep Dive: Enhancing Customer Service With CRM Tools.

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How Faster Disbursements Can Help Solve Patients? Payment Pain Points

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The United States healthcare system is notorious for burdening patients with hefty expenses — a reality that existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic turned a national spotlight onto the issue.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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Verizon launched the world’s first commercial 5G Ultra Wideband network in October 2018 with the rollout of 5G Home broadband internet service in Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Indianapolis,” the company said. 5G Potential. As PYMNTS has reported , Verizon plans to bring its 5G technology to 30 U.S. cities by the end of 2019.

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Automated Retail Speeds Up Delivery And Checkout

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Last month, Domino’s Pizza announced it would be testing autonomous pizza delivery in Houston with robotics company Nuro. Customers can select items and check themselves out with a tablet-based point-of sale (POS) system that accepts credit and debit cards. Mobile payments have been slow to take off in the U.S., smartphone users.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

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Projects of this scope could include – moving to a real-time core system, digitizing loan production, expanding mobile account opening, or consolidating business process platforms to a Salesforce, Service Now, Workday, or similar. Many banks, for example, are still hyper-competitive in multifamily lending. Now is that period.