Category: Disruptors

Apple is expected to launch an iPhone journaling app aimed at improving users’ mental and physical health, The Wall Street Journal reported April 21.

Seema Verma, who served as former President Donald Trump’s CMS administrator, is joining Oracle as its new senior vice president and general manager of its life sciences business. 

Amazon is busy hiring for its health services, pharmacy and cloud businesses. Here are five healthcare jobs the tech giant is advertising for.

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.