Category: Disruptors

With layoffs, Best Buy redirects resources to healthcare arm

Best Buy is laying off Geek Squad tech-support employees as the company shifts its focus to healthcare, The Verge reported.

The changing dynamics for retail healthcare disruptors

Retail healthcare disruptors’ fortunes have been heading in different directions lately.

Microsoft's Nuance wins court case over 3D medical scans

A federal appeals court sided with Microsoft’s Nuance Communications over a lawsuit involving its use of medical imaging technology.

Walmart Health continues big Texas expansion

Walmart is planning to open four healthcare centers in the Houston area this month followed by four more in the summer and fall, the Houston Chronicle reported April 2.

Walgreens-owned VillageMD exits another state

Walgreens-owned VillageMD plans to exit the state of Nevada, where it has six Village Medical clinics.

A look at Amazon's healthcare moves

From conducting layoffs in its One Medical unit to training an AI chatbot to handle incoming patient messages, here are eight of Amazon’s healthcare moves reported by Becker’s since January:

Alphabet healthcare arm Verily cuts jobs

Verily, a healthcare and life sciences arm of Google parent company Alphabet, has cut jobs.

Amazon's pay for 11 health tech jobs

Amazon continues to hire for its various healthcare businesses. Here are 11 new healthcare job postings from the tech giant in the past month — and what they pay.

Walgreens' VillageMD sells 11 clinics

Walgreens’ VillageMD sold 11 locations in Rhode Island to medical group management firm Arches Medical Partners. 

Google doubles down on health AI

Google is updating and launching new healthcare AI models ranging from those that can examine medical images to a personal health coaching large language model.