Category: Disruptors

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…

5 Apple healthcare job openings

Apple recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are seven open positions, as of Feb. 27:

How One Medical, Amazon's new healthcare company, works

Amazon made headlines last week when it completed its $3.9 billion purchase of hybrid primary care company One Medical. But what exactly does One Medical do?

Walmart Health names new executive VP

Walmart Health and Wellness has named Brian Setzer as its new executive vice president.

Andy Jassy promotes One Medical on Amazon's website

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy posted a letter on the retailer’s website to promote its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical and its healthcare offerings. 

Andy Jassy promotes One Medical on Amazon's website

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy posted a letter on the retailer’s website to promote its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical and its healthcare offerings. 

8 healthcare moves from CVS, Amazon, Walmart + more

From Amazon closing its $3.9 billion One Medical deal to Microsoft inking a deal to develop healthcare AI services, disruptors are continuing to expand on their healthcare ventures.

A top-secret project at Apple: A noninvasive glucose monitoring device

Apple is close to perfecting a device that would monitor people’s glucose levels without pricking the skin for blood, Bloomberg reported Feb. 22.