Can Verizon's Digital Healthcare Initiatives Boost Its Market Shares?

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ is increasingly focusing on the healthcare industry by delivering advanced connectivity, secure digital platforms and intelligent technologies that enhance patient care and improve operational efficiency. This approach allows Verizon to help extend quality healthcare services to distant and remote areas where traditional access is limited.

Verizon’s high-speed 5G and private network connectivity, secure cloud and edge computing platforms, and advanced cybersecurity services strengthen digital healthcare systems. These services enable telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, real-time data sharing, and more efficient healthcare operations.

The company has enhanced its healthcare security by adding new tools like Security Management Program–Healthcare (SMP-H) & Partner Security Program (PSP) that improve compliance, protect patient data, and help organizations manage risks across their networks and third-party partners. Verizon has improved its telehealth services through the BlueJeans telehealth platform by adding features like a Command Center dashboard and patient image capture to support better digital care delivery.

Verizon has partnered with several healthcare organizations, like AdventHealth, Tampa General Hospital, and Cleveland Clinic, to advance digital health solutions. It has also teamed up with Emory Healthcare, where its 5G technology powers a healthcare innovation lab to develop remote care.

It runs a Connected Healthcare Center to showcase real-world solutions like virtual wards, wearable-enabled emergency services, team collaboration platforms, and virtual group consultations for patient care. Such initiatives enable Verizon to expand into the digital healthcare industry while creating opportunities for long-term growth and revenues.

How Are Competitors Faring in the Digital Health Market?

Verizon faces stiff competition from AT&T, Inc. T and T-Mobile, US, Inc. TMUS. AT&T is expanding its presence in digital health by using its 5G network and partnering with companies like Sovato to provide virtual care and remote patient monitoring, especially in rural areas. AT&T is expanding 5G healthcare solutions to support real-time remote monitoring, advanced telehealth, and AR/VR tools that improve patient care and clinical workflows. It has joined hands with companies like WellDoc to provide mobile health tools for managing chronic diseases and secure cloud services for healthcare data.

T Mobile is also cementing its position in the digital health market by collaborating with CitrusBits to use 5G for connected healthcare, real-time clinical support, and advanced medical training. T Mobile is working with Dopl Technologies to use 5G-powered telerobotic ultrasounds to provide remote specialist care in rural areas.

VZ’s Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates

Verizon has gained 1.9% over the past year against the industry’s decline of 3.6%.

Going by the price/earnings ratio, the company’s shares currently trade at 8.09, lower than the 11.17 for the industry.

VZ’s earnings estimates for 2025 have declined 0.4% to $4.68 per share, while the same for 2026 have dropped 1.4% to $4.81 over the past 60 days.

Verizon currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).

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