Category: Disruptors

Apple has filed a patent for a “Body ID” composition scan that could be used for health evaluations, AppleInsider reported.

The FDA has rejected a request from Elon Musk’s Neuralink to test its brain chips on humans, according to a March 2 TechCrunch story.

Best Buy has partnered with five of the 10 largest U.S. health systems on remote patient monitoring, according to a March 2 earnings call.

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

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

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.

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 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.