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.
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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.
Amazon exec joins digital healthcare staffing company as COO
A former technical advisor at Amazon, Filiz Genca, joined digital healthcare staffing company CareRev as chief operating officer.
