Satya Nadella, CEO and chair of Microsoft, said its AI technology for healthcare will be developed with “governance and oversight” principles that will ensure “fairness and transparency,” The Cap Times reported Aug. 23.
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum and its subsidiaries reportedly have been laying off employees, including registered nursing positions at nearly 150 of its urgent care facilities.
As Microsoft further integrates its artificial intelligence tools within Epic, it is also broadening its reach with large health systems across the country.
Amazon’s most recent healthcare initiative is focused on price transparency and tiers pricing for healthcare services based on convenience and quality, according to Forbes.
Johnson & Johnson completed a share exchange offer to keep a stake of 9.5 percent of its newly separated consumer health unit, Kenvue, according to an Aug. 21 report from The Philadelphia Business Journal.
Oracle has joined CancerX, a digital health project that is part of the Biden administration’s “cancer moonshot” initiative aimed at reducing deaths due to cancer.