Category: Disruptors

Walmart Health will open five new clinics in Florida, according to an April 5 press release.

Google is advancing health projects across its enterprise — from simplifying EHR workflows, to increasing access to reliable health information, to developing new algorithms to detect diseases. Here are five projects the tech giant has in the works, ac…

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a warning March 29 about a security vulnerability in Philips Healthcare’s e-Alert magnetic resonance imaging monitoring software.

Amazon posted new job openings related to its health business. Below are six positions the company recently posted:

A host of recent deals made by Amazon signal the tech giant’s ambitions in telehealth, raising alarm bells for antitrust advocates who fear Amazon will dominate the market, Politico reported March 30. 

Google Health introduced new research projects that would use artificial intelligence to turn smartphones into stethoscopes and other at-home AI disease screening tools, according to a March 24 blog post.

Google has announced plans to roll out a feature that allows patients to view appointment availability for participating healthcare providers directly from its search page.

Google recently posted several job openings for positions on the team that develops Care Studio, the tech giant’s EHR search tool.

Alphabet’s life sciences arm, Verily, is partnering with the digital pathology platform Lumea to improve the objectivity and efficiency of prostate cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapy selection. 

From plans to scale its direct-care delivery service to recruiting new leadership to head its healthcare ecosystem, Amazon continues to strengthen its healthcare presence. Here are six most recent healthcare moves from the company as reported by Becker’s.