Google is looking for a physician leader in public health to boost its health-related products and be the representative for Google’s public health, climate, and mental health sector work.
Category: Disruptors
3 new deals with healthcare disruptors
Healthcare disruptors such as Walmart and Optum are spending billions to increase their presence in the healthcare space through mergers and acquisitions.
Meet ChenMed, the primary care company Walmart may purchase
ChenMed made headlines in recent days when it was reported that Walmart is interested in acquiring majority ownership of the primary care company, possibly for several billion dollars.
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:
