Category: Disruptors

Amazon seeks physician lead

Amazon Web Services is seeking a San Francisco-based physician lead to work with healthcare organization leaders and strategic industry partners, attend industry events and forums, publish and accelerate business opportunities.

Instacart Health launches for prescription meal plan, medical supply delivery

Grocery delivery company Instacart has launched Instacart Health to allow healthcare providers to order food and medical supplies for patients as part of their prescribed meal plans or post-hospital discharges.

How Google is tackling the opioid crisis in Ohio

Google is working with an addiction treatment center in Ohio as it tries to tackle the opioid crisis, Bloomberg reported Sept. 27.

Humana has edge over CVS Health to acquire Cano Health: Report

Humana has better odds than CVS Health of acquiring Cano Health because the insurer already has a right-of-refusal agreement with the company and a huge position in the Medicare Advantage market, according to market researcher Insider Intelligence.

Amazon Web Services distributes $14M for healthcare cloud equity

Since the launch of its AWS Health Equity Initiative, Amazon Web Services has awarded $14 million in cloud credits to more than 90 organizations with the aim of closing the health equity gap. 

7 recent healthcare job postings at Amazon

Amazon has been advertising job openings for its various healthcare teams. Here are seven health-related jobs the tech giant recently posted.

PillPack founders leaving Amazon

The co-founders of PillPack plan to leave Amazon, four years after the tech giant acquired the digital pharmacy as part of its initial foray into healthcare, GeekWire reported Sept. 19.

Sony to enter the over-the-counter hearing aid business

Sony has partnered with hearing aid manufacturing company WS Audiology Denmark to create an over-the-counter hearing device. 

Amazon to cut 395 healthcare jobs

Amazon will lay off 159 Amazon Care employees starting Dec. 1, CNBC reported Sept. 9. 

Study: Google deep learning detects tuberculosis as well as humans

Google’s deep learning technology can detect tuberculosis on par with real-life radiologists, according to a Sept. 6 study in the journal Radiology.