Category: Disruptors

Optum Medical Care, a multispecialty physician group that serves patients in New Jersey and Southern Connecticut, has agreed to pay $160,000 to resolve claims that it did not provide prompt access to medical records.

A patent dispute will force Apple to halt the sales of its latest Apple Watch, Fortune reported Dec. 18. 

In 2023, Google utilized its artificial intelligence tools to expand its reach among large health systems and grow its healthcare presence. 

As Amazon continues its push into healthcare, here are seven healthcare jobs the tech giant is hiring for this month.

Google is launching new healthcare AI models that aim to assist clinicians and researchers in conducting intricate studies, summarizing clinician-patient interactions and more, CNBC reported Dec. 13. 

Credit ratings agency Moody’s cut Walgreens Boots Alliance’s credit rating to junk as the pharmacy store chain looks to expand its retail care offerings, Bloomberg reported Dec. 11.

Walmart is expanding its foray into healthcare through a new partnership with the diagnostic imaging services company RadNet. 

Walmart Health has poached two more two health system executives as it grows its retail and virtual healthcare offerings.

CVS is planning to release a new mobile healthcare app designed to function as a central hub for its healthcare services.

Amazon is making changes to One Medical employees’ stock-based compensation program, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.