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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: -
Google Health seeks clinical health equity expert
Google Health has a job opening for a health equity clinical specialist to serve as the company's expert in health equity and social determinants of health. -
What health system execs think about Amazon's healthcare layoffs
Amazon is learning that healthcare is "complicated," as one health system leader told Becker's. -
Optum backs $70M funding round for AI company
Optum Ventures, the venture capital arm of Optum, backed a $70 million series B funding round for Ambience Healthcare, a company that creates AI operating systems for healthcare organizations. -
Alphabet's health tech company gets new executive
Verily, a precision health technology company owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, has named Myoung Cha as its new chief product officer. -
Amazon cuts jobs in healthcare divisions
Amazon is eliminating a few hundred roles at One Medical and in its online pharmacy unit Amazon Pharmacy, Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, confirmed to Becker's. -
What Best Buy pays for 9 healthcare jobs
Best Buy has been making big moves in healthcare, providing remote patient monitoring technology to health systems. Here are nine healthcare jobs the tech retailer is hiring for this month. -
Amazon Prime is both bigger and slimmer, even with healthcare option
Amazon has redesigned offerings and add-ons for Amazon Prime users, including a $9 per month healthcare supplement, that can obscure the apples-to-apples value of the subscription's price tag. -
Summa Health fields concerns over General Catalyst acquisition
Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health said its proposed acquisition by Health Assurance Transformation Corp., or HATCo, a fully owned subsidiary of General Catalyst, will set up the hospital for long-term success, Akron.com reported Feb. 1. -
HHS, Instacart partner
Instacart has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand access to nutritious food and resources for improved health. -
23andMe far from spitting distance to big healthcare aims: WSJ
Despite its ambitions to become a major healthcare player, 23andMe's valuation is down 98% from its peak and has never turned a profit, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. -
Apple's pay for 8 health tech jobs
Apple continues to aggressively hire for healthcare jobs focused on enhancing the health features of its devices. -
Healthcare in 2024 is 'just kind of nutty,' Amazon's CEO says
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said modern healthcare is "just kind of nutty" and future generations will look back on this time wondering what we were thinking, Fortune reported. -
Instacart expands services to home care
Instacart is partnering with DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical care, to give patients receiving home care access to nutritious foods. -
What Amazon pays for 12 healthcare jobs
Amazon continues its healthcare hiring as it aims to disrupt the industry. Here are 12 healthcare job openings at the Big Tech company in January. -
Amazon Pharmacy connects with One Medical
Amazon Pharmacy is integrating with One Medical to give patients and providers increased access to medication consultations, Forbes reported. -
Amazon's vision for a 'frictionless' future in healthcare
In 2024, Amazon will be zeroing in on making healthcare easier for consumers as well as upping its partnerships with health systems through One Medical, its virtual and in-person primary care company. -
Optum in the headlines: 6 updates
From launching a new weight management and wellness support program to the proposed acquisition of Corvallis Clinic, here are six updates on Optum Becker's has reported since Dec. 12:
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