Category: Disruptors

5 recent healthcare moves from CVS

CVS Health has been making moves to maintain its ambitions of becoming a healthcare destination, most notably through its partnership to bring clinical trials to pharmacies. Here are five healthcare moves CVS has made in the past two months.

Viewpoint: 4 ways Big Tech underestimated the healthcare system

Despite promises of revolutionizing healthcare, Big Tech companies are falling short, in part because of their underestimation of the U.S healthcare system, Sachin Jain, MD, president and CEO of SCAN Health Plan, wrote in Forbes Feb. 15. 

5 Google Health leaders to know

Google is continuing to grow its health business by inking partnerships with health systems, developing new health products and conducting clinical research. Here are profiles of five key leaders who are at the forefront of Google Health’s initiatives.

Will CVS Health remain a driving force after COVID-19 ends?

As demand for COVID-19 testing and vaccination dwindles, CVS Health must prove that it can continue to grow and maintain customers, CNBC reported Feb. 9.

Amazon Care rolls out telehealth services nationwide: 4 notes

Amazon Care’s virtual health services are now available nationwide, and its in-person services will be rolled out in more than 20 new cities in 2022, Amazon said Feb. 8 in a post on its website.

How a ride-share can improve health: Uber Health’s new CMO and global head explain 

Just a few weeks on the job, Mike Cantor, MD, chief medical officer for Uber Health, alongside the global head of Uber Health, Caitlin Donovan, spoke to Becker’s about why exactly the technology transportation company needed its first CMO and its plan …

5 recent health moves from Uber

Rideshare company Uber has been making moves to disrupt the healthcare space in recent months, most notably the appointment of its first chief medical officer. Here are five healthcare moves the company has made in the past four months:

Google Cloud jumping into healthcare blockchain

Google Cloud is putting together a team of blockchain experts to create a business around blockchain applications for healthcare, retail and various other industries, CNBC reported Jan. 27.

Google Cloud seeking blockchain experts

Google Cloud is putting together a team of blockchain experts to create a business around blockchain applications for healthcare, retail and various other industries, CNBC reported Jan. 27.

Uber Health taps 1st CMO 

Uber Health, the healthcare arm of the rideshare giant, has hired its first chief medical officer.