Category: Disruptors

Walmart Health taps former ChristianaCare exec to lead clinical operations

Walmart Health has named Ken Silverstein, MD, as vice president of clinical operations.

Apple's pay for 9 health tech jobs

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

VillageMD conducts layoffs amid closures

Walgreens’ VillageMD is laying off some of its employees as it looks to exit the Illinois market, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Becker’s. 

Amazon training chatbot for healthcare: Report

Amazon is training an AI chatbot to handle incoming patient messages and address administrative queries for One Medical, former employees told The Washington Post.

One Medical CEO: Layoffs not related to Amazon acquisition

Amazon recently announced that it would lay off a few hundred employees at One Medical as well as switch up a leadership position, but One Medical CEO Trent Green told The Washington Post that the moves are not related to the acquisition by Amazon.&nbs…

Amgen builds $474M facility in Ohio

Amgen, a biotech company, has built a $474 million facility in New Albany, Ohio, NBC affiliate WCMH reported Feb. 26.

How Amazon's One Medical deal changed hospitals

Health system digital leaders told Becker’s that Amazon’s $3.9 billion deal for One Medical, which was completed one year ago this month, has already “changed the landscape” of healthcare and altered the way hospitals do business.

Why healthcare lags on AI, per Amazon

Healthcare lags behind other industries in its adoption of artificial intelligence, largely because it lacks training capacity, according to a study commissioned by Amazon Web Services.

GE HealthCare inks virtual care partnership

GE HealthCare is partnering with health tech company Biofourmis to expand the application of patient monitoring technology from hospitals to the homes of patients.

Amazon's One Medical deal: 1 year later

Amazon completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of virtual and in-person primary care company One Medical on Feb. 22, 2023, and has since been expanding the company’s presence in the healthcare industry.