Category: Disruptors

3 healthcare AI projects Google is working on

Greg Corrado, senior research director at Google, said the company sees healthcare as one of the greatest industries where artificial intelligence could provide real value, Politico reported March 2. 

GE HealthCare snags $760M health tech management partnership

GE HealthCare has reached a 10-year, $760 million partnership with healthcare supply chain company Advantus Health Partners to provide GE HealthCare’s technology management services to Advantus clients.

Walgreens reduces ownership of Option Care

Walgreens Boots Alliance has sold 15.5 million shares of infusion services company Option Care Health at $30.75 per share.

Walmart Health to add 28 new clinics by 2024

Walmart Health will open 28 new Walmart Health centers by the first quarter of 2024.

5 former hospital C-suite leaders who work for One Medical

Even though it’s now owned by a Big Tech company trying to disrupt healthcare, One Medical grew to the point of being acquired by Amazon for billions of dollars under the leadership of several former hospital and health system executives.

AWS bets big on open-source machine learning

As the artificial intelligence arms race heats up between Big Tech companies, Amazon Web Services is looking to develop more open-source machine learning capabilities through a partnership with Hugging Face, VentureBeat reported Feb. 28.

Apple wants to prevent disease, empower patients to 'drive their own healthcare', says VP of health

Apple wants to change the behavior of patients and providers, so they will use its devices and data tools to prevent disease, Sumbul Desai, MD, vice president of Apple Health, told The Hindu Business Line.

Walmart, CareSource partner to fight health disparities

Retail giant Walmart and managed care company CareSource are entering a three-year partnership aiming to address racial disparities and health inequities.

Walmart looks to 'disrupt' industry with 32 clinics powered by Epic, Microsoft, VMware

Walmart has deployed a healthcare cloud from Microsoft and VMware on its Epic EHR across its more than 30 healthcare clinics.

GE HealthCare pursues partnership with Chinese state-owned medtech firm

GE HealthCare is entering a joint venture with state-owned China National Medical Device Co., part of Chinese medical giant Sinopharm, to “develop, manufacture, and commercialize medical equipment to address the growing needs of China’s healthcare mark…