Category: Disruptors

Walgreens partners with ACO-focused primary care startup

Walgreens is partnering with technology startup Pearl Health to accelerate expansion of value-based arrangements among primary care physicians.

Meta facing lawsuit over violation of medical privacy

Five anonymous plaintiffs have alleged that at least 664 medical providers have used pixel tracking technology on their websites and patient portals, which has allowed Meta to obtain patients’ protected health information, Bloomberg Law reported Sept. …

CVS Health expands C-suite roles

CVS Health is adding responsibilities to three members of its C-suite. 

Microsoft eyes AI cancer detection

Microsoft has partnered with digital pathology provider Paige to build an image-based artificial intelligence model for detecting cancer. 

Will Walgreens look to hospitals for new CEO?

In relaying the departure of CEO Rosalind Brewer on Sept. 1, Walgreens said it was looking for a replacement with “deep healthcare experience.”

Healthcare increases profit rate at Best Buy

Best Buy credited its healthcare initiatives with improving the company’s gross profit rate, according to an Aug. 29 second-quarter earnings report.

2 Microsoft healthcare job openings

Microsoft recently posted two job openings related to its health business. Below are the open positions as of Aug. 30:

Walmart, Walgreens & CVS roll out new care options as pharmacists' scope of practice grows

New laws expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice have spurred Walmart, Walgreens and CVS to roll out patient care options that typically would be available only through a physician’s office, Bloomberg reported Aug. 28. 

Amazon Clinic adds virtual primary care company to marketplace

AI-powered virtual primary care company Curai Health has been added to Amazon Clinic’s virtual healthcare marketplace, allowing patients to go through a message-based platform to reach clinicians. 

Health systems turn to Google to optimize operations

Google is continuing to expand its use of artificial intelligence technologies in healthcare, and hospitals and health systems have already begun piloting the tech giant’s new offerings that focus on eliminating administrative burdens and personalizing…