• Amazon's One Medical patients affected by UnitedHealth, Mount Sinai dispute

    An ongoing clash between UnitedHealthcare and New York City-based Mount Sinai will have effects on some of Amazon's One Medical patients, a spokesperson from One Medical confirmed to Becker's.
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    Epic Systems, UC San Diego Health, Boston Children's and Cedars-Sinai are launching healthcare-focused apps for Apple's new Vision Pro headset. 
  • Amazon launches virtual medical assistance through Alexa

    Amazon's Alexa has integrated a telehealth and virtual healthcare delivery platform by Hellocare into its software, allowing patients to make calls and seek medical assistance from physicians and nurses through the use of their voice.
  • Walmart Health taps former ChristianaCare exec to lead clinical operations

    Walmart Health has named Ken Silverstein, MD, as vice president of clinical operations.
  • Apple's pay for 9 health tech jobs

    Apple continues to aggressively hire for healthcare jobs focused on enhancing the health features of its devices. 
  • VillageMD conducts layoffs amid closures

    Walgreens' VillageMD is laying off some of its employees as it looks to exit the Illinois market, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Becker's. 
  • Amazon training chatbot for healthcare: Report

    Amazon is training an AI chatbot to handle incoming patient messages and address administrative queries for One Medical, former employees told The Washington Post.
  • One Medical CEO: Layoffs not related to Amazon acquisition

    Amazon recently announced that it would lay off a few hundred employees at One Medical as well as switch up a leadership position, but One Medical CEO Trent Green told The Washington Post that the moves are not related to the acquisition by Amazon. 
  • Amgen builds $474M facility in Ohio

    Amgen, a biotech company, has built a $474 million facility in New Albany, Ohio, NBC affiliate WCMH reported Feb. 26.
  • How Amazon's One Medical deal changed hospitals

    Health system digital leaders told Becker's that Amazon's $3.9 billion deal for One Medical, which was completed one year ago this month, has already "changed the landscape" of healthcare and altered the way hospitals do business.
  • Why healthcare lags on AI, per Amazon

    Healthcare lags behind other industries in its adoption of artificial intelligence, largely because it lacks training capacity, according to a study commissioned by Amazon Web Services.
  • GE HealthCare inks virtual care partnership

    GE HealthCare is partnering with health tech company Biofourmis to expand the application of patient monitoring technology from hospitals to the homes of patients.
  • Amazon's One Medical deal: 1 year later

    Amazon completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of virtual and in-person primary care company One Medical on Feb. 22, 2023, and has since been expanding the company's presence in the healthcare industry.
  • Where Walmart Health stands after setting big growth goals last year

    Last March, Walmart Health said it would add 28 locations by the end of 2024 in Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Kansas City, Mo.
  • Elon Musk says Neuralink patient can control computer mouse with mind

    Elon Musk said the first patient who implanted a Neuralink chip into their brain now has the ability to control a computer mouse just by thinking, CNBC reported Feb. 20. 
  • GE Healthcare inks health system partnership

    GE Healthcare and Pointcore, a healthcare management and nonclinical shared services company, entered into a partnership with Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare to help enhance clinical and operational efficiencies, standardize models for care delivery, and enhance patient outcomes.
  • Amazon's pay for 20 healthcare jobs

    Despite layoffs of a few hundred employees in its healthcare units, Amazon continues to hire for those businesses.
  • Unlocking the potential of retail-health system alliances: Viewpoint

    Healthcare is facing significant challenges, including rising costs, inconsistent quality and unequal access, but collaboration between retailers and health systems could be a powerful solution to tackle these issues, according to a recent Harvard Business Review article. 
  • Amazon to close some corporate One Medical offices

    Amazon is planning to close some corporate One Medical offices, as well as move its chief financial officer into a new role, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Becker's. 
  • Optum in the headlines: 5 updates

    From striking a partnership with Allina Health to launching a new telehealth service, here are five updates on Optum that Becker's has reported since Jan. 23: 

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