Category: Disruptors

Walmart looks to overhaul healthcare’s research system with its new Healthcare Research Institute, Politico reported Dec. 7. 

Amazon has been making headway in the healthcare industry through partnerships with hospitals and health systems.

Amazon will no longer support HIPAA compliance on its Alexa devices after the tech giant had partnered with several healthcare organizations on the tool.

The demise of Haven — a coalition of three big employers aiming to lower the cost of healthcare for their workers — was met with a surprising reaction from Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase: “We want to do this again.” 

Amazon, CVS and Walgreens are investing millions of dollars into primary care practices as part of a push to shift the U.S. healthcare system to a value-based care model, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 2. 

The state of Oregon is reviewing Amazon’s proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of membership-based primary care company One Medical.

Amazon is increasing its healthcare presence with its planned acquisition of One Medical and its new telehealth platform Amazon Clinic, but privacy experts are concerned about how the tech giant is going to handle protecting consumers’ health data, Wir…

GE said Nov. 30 its board approved the planned spin-off of its healthcare business, GE Healthcare. 

Amazon has launched a new genomics service that is already being used by such organizations as Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Twitter said it ended a policy of labeling posts that contained misinformation about COVID-19 and providing supplemental corrective information.