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Two esteemed names in their respective industries, Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham (MGB), announced today that they will be collaborating to expand healthcare at home services.

As at-home healthcare becomes more tech-driven—think wireless biosensors and connected blood pressure cuffs—it creates more logistical challenges for providers.

This is where Best Buy Health sees an opportunity for its Geek Squad, historically known more for fixing computers than working with patients.

Technology retailer Best Buy is expanding its home care offerings with services to keep older adults healthy, connected and comfortable in their homes.

The number of households headed by people age 65 and older is expected to grow from 34 million to 48 million in the next two decades, according to studies from the Urban Institute.

This opens up the potential to use technologies to help seniors age at home, and it's a business opportunity that isn't lost on technology company Samsung and retail giant Best Buy.

As president of Best Buy Health, Deborah Di Sanzo leads three focus areas for the company’s at-home health strategy: wellness at home, aging at home and care at home. She joins Modern Healthcare to discuss Best Buy’s plans for growth and why it sees big opportunities in healthcare.

While having some fun, Shrestha and Deborah Di Sanzo, the president of Best Buy Health, touted their new partnership on improving the hospital-at-home experience. Best Buy Health is working with Atrium Health – which recently merged with Advocate Aurora Health to form Advocate Health.

Amazon, Walmart, CVS, Dollar General and other big retailers are elbowing their way into health care delivery, pushing a customized consumer experience driven by digital health products. Yesterday, Best Buy Health launched a hospital-at-home program with North Carolina-based Atrium Health.

Best Buy is partnering with a large U.S. healthcare system to develop “new hospital at home offerings,” pushing deeper into developing new healthcare services and products.

Best Buy’s Geek Squad has been handed a task that’s a lot more sensitive that setting up your living room’s surround-sound system. The electronics retailer has partnered with Atrium Health to set up virtual hospital rooms in people’s homes.

Best Buy is best known for installing TVs and home theater systems. Now, its Geek Squad is helping to set up virtual hospital rooms.

The consumer electronics retailer said Tuesday it has struck a three-year deal with Atrium Health, a North Carolina-based health-care system, to help enable a hospital-at-home program.

Major U.S. retailers including Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon are increasing their offerings of healthcare and health-related products as inflation-wary Americans shift more of their budgets to services and away from goods.

Millions of Americans with hearing loss can now purchase hearing aids without a prescription or medical exam from Walgreens, CVS and Best Buy, according to the companies.

Technology vendors and providers agree that digital health needs to improve provider workflows, increase access to care and avoid getting in the way.