Category: Disruptors

CVS Health has added mental health therapists to some of its MinuteClinic locations to expand access to behavioral healthcare.

Uber Health is partnering with digital care company Medecision to provide health plans and providers with data about individuals’ social determinants of health.

Amazon Web Services is teaming up with 3M Health Information Systems to scale 3M’s ambient clinical documentation and virtual assistant tools.

Optum Ventures joined a $75 million funding round for autism care provider Cortica. 

Telecommunications giant AT&T is partnering with Cherish to launch Cherish Serenity, an artificial intelligence-powered home monitoring device.

Amazon has released new Alexa capabilities for hospitals that the tech giant says can cut down on administrative tasks.

A lawsuit alleges that CVS Health did not properly pay utilization management and review nurses because it classified them as employees exempt from overtime pay, Class Action reported April 14. 

Philips has expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services to bring its imaging to the cloud and integrate it with generative artificial intelligence.

Amazon subsidiary One Medical has partnered with Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare to open five clinics in Connecticut — with more on the way, Hartford Business Journal reported April 17.

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum reported that it has seen double-digit growth in its first-quarter with $8 billion in total consolidated earnings on revenue reaching $54.1 billion, a 25 percent increase from the same period last year.