Category: Disruptors

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.

Amazon Web Services recently posted a job listing for a physician lead on its healthcare industry team. 

From offering grants to support rural hospitals to new features that support telehealth, disruptors are continuing to expand on their healthcare ventures.

Walmart is looking to hire 50,000 new employees by the end of April to fill both store roles and to expand its health and wellness teams, The Wall Street Journal reported March 16. 

Samsung introduced a healthcare TV aimed at improving in-room patient care March 15.