Category: Disruptors

Verily, a precision health technology company owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, has named Myoung Cha as its new chief product officer.

Amazon is eliminating a few hundred roles at One Medical and in its online pharmacy unit Amazon Pharmacy, Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, confirmed to Becker’s. 

Best Buy has been making big moves in healthcare, providing remote patient monitoring technology to health systems. Here are nine healthcare jobs the tech retailer is hiring for this month.

Amazon has redesigned offerings and add-ons for Amazon Prime users, including a $9 per month healthcare supplement, that can obscure the apples-to-apples value of the subscription’s price tag. 

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health said its proposed acquisition by Health Assurance Transformation Corp., or HATCo, a fully owned subsidiary of General Catalyst, will set up the hospital for long-term success, Akron.com reported Feb. 1.

Instacart has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand access to nutritious food and resources for improved health. 

Despite its ambitions to become a major healthcare player, 23andMe’s valuation is down 98% from its peak and has never turned a profit, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal.

Despite its ambitions to become a major healthcare player, 23andMe’s valuation is down 98% from its peak and has never turned a profit, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal.

Apple continues to aggressively hire for healthcare jobs focused on enhancing the health features of its devices. 

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said modern healthcare is “just kind of nutty” and future generations will look back on this time wondering what we were thinking, Fortune reported.