Disruptors

Amazon has been advertising job openings at its various healthcare businesses. Here are nine healthcare-related jobs the tech giant recently posted:

Walgreens partnered with health data company Pluto Health to launch a clinical trial business that aims to eliminate patient recruitment, diversity and enrollment challenges. 

The FDA has cleared a technology that allows Parkinson’s patients to be remotely monitored via their Apple Watches.

Microsoft said it will increase pay transparency and ban most noncompete agreements in a series of moves aimed at improving workplace culture.

Amazon continues to command the cloud computing market, but Microsoft is gaining ground, a June 2 report by IT consultant Gartner found.

Healthcare organizations chose Amazon Web Services over rival cloud computing companies Google and Microsoft for artificial intelligence and machine learning because it was the most […]

A former hospital IT executive has been named head of healthcare compliance for Amazon Web Services.

Apple introduced a new app that helps people track medications and a new smartwatch feature that helps people diagnosed with atrial fibrillation track how frequently […]

Primary care disruptor Carbon Health laid off 250 employees June 1 because of market volatility and declining COVID-19-related business, its chief executive said.

Amazon is hiring for a Healthcare Engagement Advisor to work in its AWS HIPAA Compliance Program. 

An artificial intelligence data security company is collaborating with Microsoft to advance AI healthcare research.

Cutting out co-pays, deductibles and insurers would certainly disrupt the healthcare industry, and to serial entrepreneur Glen Tullman, it represents a just and more equitable […]

Amazon Web Services launched a healthcare accelerator to boost startups that focus on health equity. 

As more jobs went remote during the pandemic, tech workers migrated to some surprising places, according to a recent report from the Technology Councils of […]

VillageMD has acquired a primary care practice in the San Antonio area, expanding its reach in South-Central Texas.

Google appointed Bakul Patel, the former head of digital health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to develop and lead its unified digital health […]

The market for primary care disruptors — retail clinics that typically have a hybrid menu of virtual and in-patient care — is being flooded with […]

Amazon’s subscription-based service that helps caregivers provide remote support to older loved ones now supports up to 10 caregivers and allows primary caregivers to set […]

Big tech may struggle with regulatory issues and product rollout issues in healthcare, according to Susan Lang, CEO of prescription drug consulting and analytics firm […]

Google and Samsung are partnering to make it easier for people to sync their health and fitness data across various apps.

Johnson & Johnson named Thibaut Mongon as CEO of its spin-off consumer health company. 

Economic headwinds are disrupting the high growth bubbles tech startups have created, forcing them to implement serious cost-cutting strategies like layoffs and sometimes even closure, […]

Nuance, an AI speech recognition company, partnered with the Health Management Academy to launch an AI collective for health system executives who are using AI […]

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are 10 open positions as of May 6.

From launching a diabetes telehealth program to offering free health screenings nationwide, Walmart continues to increase its healthcare presence. Here are four most recent healthcare […]

Amazon has been posting new job openings related to its health business. Below are seven positions the company recently posted:

From seeking out a leader for its cloud technology sector to advocating alongside health systems for a permanent hospital-at-home care program, here are five healthcare […]

From continuing advancements to its health projects, to expanding its investments into digital health startups, here are six healthcare moves from Google as reported by […]

Google is the most popular source for searching for a physician or hospital, more popular than physician websites, healthcare sites or social media, VentureBeat reported […]

CVS Health is the second-largest healthcare company in the world, with a $141 billion market cap, according to an April 13 CB Insights report.

Walmart stores nationwide are holding free health screenings, offering affordable immunizations and wellness resources on April 23.

Microsoft is working to build technology that will make health analytics more accessible to healthcare organizations.

Apple is working to create a medicine management tool for iPhone users, Bloomberg reported April 12.

Walmart, which recently made headlines for opening health clinics in Florida, is continuing to establish its presence in the healthcare industry. Here are eight most […]

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are 10 open positions as of April 8:

Walmart Health will open five new clinics in Florida, according to an April 5 press release.

Google is advancing health projects across its enterprise — from simplifying EHR workflows, to increasing access to reliable health information, to developing new algorithms to […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a warning March 29 about a security vulnerability in Philips Healthcare’s e-Alert magnetic resonance imaging monitoring software.

Amazon posted new job openings related to its health business. Below are six positions the company recently posted:

A host of recent deals made by Amazon signal the tech giant’s ambitions in telehealth, raising alarm bells for antitrust advocates who fear Amazon will […]

Google Health introduced new research projects that would use artificial intelligence to turn smartphones into stethoscopes and other at-home AI disease screening tools, according to […]

Google has announced plans to roll out a feature that allows patients to view appointment availability for participating healthcare providers directly from its search page.

Google recently posted several job openings for positions on the team that develops Care Studio, the tech giant’s EHR search tool.

Alphabet’s life sciences arm, Verily, is partnering with the digital pathology platform Lumea to improve the objectivity and efficiency of prostate cancer diagnosis, prognosis and […]

From plans to scale its direct-care delivery service to recruiting new leadership to head its healthcare ecosystem, Amazon continues to strengthen its healthcare presence. Here […]

Amazon Web Services recently posted a job listing for a physician lead on its healthcare industry team. 

From offering grants to support rural hospitals to new features that support telehealth, disruptors are continuing to expand on their healthcare ventures.

Walmart is looking to hire 50,000 new employees by the end of April to fill both store roles and to expand its health and wellness […]

Samsung introduced a healthcare TV aimed at improving in-room patient care March 15. 

Google’s Care Studio expanded the capabilities of its clinician-facing search tool using artificial intelligence to summarize and contextualize physicians’ clinical notes.

CVS Health filed a trademark application Feb. 28 that would allow the company to provide healthcare services in the metaverse, CNBC reported March 4.

In February, Amazon Care rolled out its virtual health services nationwide and said its in-person services would be rolled out in more than 20 new […]

Microsoft launched two new services for health providers, one that analyzes data visualization and another that helps physicians collect data for remote patient monitoring, VentureBeat […]

Big Tech disruptors have their eyes on healthcare but have reported positive financial results driven by their core business models in the fourth quarter of […]

Kristen Helton, director of Amazon Care, on Feb. 21 told Forbes that “patients are tired of a healthcare system that doesn’t put them first.” Here […]

Eighty percent of the COVID-19 vaccines Walmart has administered have been in medically underserved communities.

Despite inflation pressures, Walmart beat expectations for its fourth-quarter earnings report published Feb. 17, with a strong performance from its healthcare branch.

In October 2021, Elon Musk became the richest person in the world. With a net worth of about $241 billion as of Feb. 17, he […]

CVS Health has been making moves to maintain its ambitions of becoming a healthcare destination, most notably through its partnership to bring clinical trials to […]

Despite promises of revolutionizing healthcare, Big Tech companies are falling short, in part because of their underestimation of the U.S healthcare system, Sachin Jain, MD, […]

Google is continuing to grow its health business by inking partnerships with health systems, developing new health products and conducting clinical research. Here are profiles […]

As demand for COVID-19 testing and vaccination dwindles, CVS Health must prove that it can continue to grow and maintain customers, CNBC reported Feb. 9.

Amazon Care’s virtual health services are now available nationwide, and its in-person services will be rolled out in more than 20 new cities in 2022, […]

Just a few weeks on the job, Mike Cantor, MD, chief medical officer for Uber Health, alongside the global head of Uber Health, Caitlin Donovan, […]

Rideshare company Uber has been making moves to disrupt the healthcare space in recent months, most notably the appointment of its first chief medical officer. […]

Google Cloud is putting together a team of blockchain experts to create a business around blockchain applications for healthcare, retail and various other industries, CNBC […]

Uber Health, the healthcare arm of the rideshare giant, has hired its first chief medical officer. 

Karen Lynch, chief executive officer of CVS Health, described what CVS has been doing to disrupt the traditional landscape of the healthcare industry to The […]

After three rejected bids, London-based Unilever is throwing in the towel, stating that it will not raise its $68 billion offer to purchase GSK Consumer […]

Apple recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are seven open positions, as of Jan. 19:

After three rejected bids, London-based Unilever said it is still interested in purchasing GSK Consumer Healthcare, which is a joint venture between GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer […]