Category: Disruptors

Health system chief digital and innovation officers told Becker’s they’re impressed with Amazon’s Feb. 22 purchase of One Medical and they believe it spells good things for the future of healthcare.

Facebook parent company Meta gave thousands of employees poor reviews, indicating that more layoffs could be coming after the company laid off 13 percent of its staff in November 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 17.

Amazon has completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of virtual and in-person primary care company One Medical, the retailer said Feb. 22. 

Walmart Health has named Brody McConnell as its new director of innovations.

Google Cloud is partnering with Redox, an interoperability startup founded by three former Epic engineers, to integrate health data from legacy systems into Google Cloud products. 

Apple isn’t entering the primary care arena like other retail disruptors such as Amazon, CVS and Optum, instead the company is focusing on how to keep patients healthier through data, according to a Feb. 17 report from the American Hospital Association…

The FTC is closely watching healthcare deals such as CVS’ planned acquisition of Signify Health and Amazon’s planned acquisition of One Medical, which could potentially delay the deals from closing, Barrons reported Feb. 16. 

Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer had to convince her board of her plans to shift the company’s focus from retail pharmacies to medical clinics, even taking the directors on a tour of a VillageMD practice, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb 19.

Despite broader challenges in the tech industry, Amazon continues its push into healthcare. Here are six healthcare jobs the technology giant is hiring for.

Big Tech layoffs at Twitter, Amazon and Meta grabbed headlines in 2022, and the trend is continuing in 2023 as large tech firms continue to deal with an uncertain economic environment.