Walgreens’ VillageMD is laying off some of its employees as it looks to exit the Illinois market, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Becker’s.
Amazon is training an AI chatbot to handle incoming patient messages and address administrative queries for One Medical, former employees told The Washington Post.
Amazon recently announced that it would lay off a few hundred employees at One Medical as well as switch up a leadership position, but One Medical CEO Trent Green told The Washington Post that the moves are not related to the acquisition by Amazon.&nbs…
Health system digital leaders told Becker’s that Amazon’s $3.9 billion deal for One Medical, which was completed one year ago this month, has already “changed the landscape” of healthcare and altered the way hospitals do business.
Healthcare lags behind other industries in its adoption of artificial intelligence, largely because it lacks training capacity, according to a study commissioned by Amazon Web Services.
GE HealthCare is partnering with health tech company Biofourmis to expand the application of patient monitoring technology from hospitals to the homes of patients.
Amazon completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of virtual and in-person primary care company One Medical on Feb. 22, 2023, and has since been expanding the company’s presence in the healthcare industry.