Category: Disruptors

GE Healthcare inks health system partnership

GE Healthcare and Pointcore, a healthcare management and nonclinical shared services company, entered into a partnership with Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare to help enhance clinical and operational efficiencies, standardize models for care delivery,…

Amazon's pay for 20 healthcare jobs

Despite layoffs of a few hundred employees in its healthcare units, Amazon continues to hire for those businesses.

CVS' Aetna expands into home-based care

CVS’ Aetna will begin offering in-home care services to its Medicare Advantage members with chronic kidney disease. 

Unlocking the potential of retail-health system alliances: Viewpoint

Healthcare is facing significant challenges, including rising costs, inconsistent quality and unequal access, but collaboration between retailers and health systems could be a powerful solution to tackle these issues, according to a recent Harvard Busi…

Amazon to close some One Medical offices

Amazon is planning to close some One Medical offices, as well as move its chief financial officer into a new role, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Becker’s. 

Optum in the headlines: 5 updates

From striking a partnership with Allina Health to launching a new telehealth service, here are five updates on Optum that Becker’s has reported since Jan. 23: 

Google Health seeks clinical health equity expert

Google Health has a job opening for a health equity clinical specialist to serve as the company’s expert in health equity and social determinants of health.

What health system execs think about Amazon's healthcare layoffs

Amazon is learning that healthcare is “complicated,” as one health system leader told Becker’s.

Optum backs $70M funding round for AI company

Optum Ventures, the venture capital arm of Optum, backed a $70 million series B funding round for Ambience Healthcare, a company that creates AI operating systems for healthcare organizations. 

Alphabet's health tech company gets new executive

Verily, a precision health technology company owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, has named Myoung Cha as its new chief product officer.