Category: Disruptors

Elon Musk said the first patient who implanted a Neuralink chip into their brain now has the ability to control a computer mouse just by thinking, CNBC reported Feb. 20. 

GE Healthcare and Pointcore, a healthcare management and nonclinical shared services company, entered into a partnership with Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare to help enhance clinical and operational efficiencies, standardize models for care delivery,…

Despite layoffs of a few hundred employees in its healthcare units, Amazon continues to hire for those businesses.

CVS’ Aetna will begin offering in-home care services to its Medicare Advantage members with chronic kidney disease. 

Healthcare is facing significant challenges, including rising costs, inconsistent quality and unequal access, but collaboration between retailers and health systems could be a powerful solution to tackle these issues, according to a recent Harvard Busi…

Amazon is planning to close some One Medical offices, as well as move its chief financial officer into a new role, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Becker’s. 

From striking a partnership with Allina Health to launching a new telehealth service, here are five updates on Optum that Becker’s has reported since Jan. 23: 

Google Health has a job opening for a health equity clinical specialist to serve as the company’s expert in health equity and social determinants of health.

Amazon is learning that healthcare is “complicated,” as one health system leader told Becker’s.

Optum Ventures, the venture capital arm of Optum, backed a $70 million series B funding round for Ambience Healthcare, a company that creates AI operating systems for healthcare organizations.