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5 Google healthcare job openings
Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are five open positions as of Jan. 10: -
VillageMD names Dr. Stuart Levine new president of value-based care
Primary care disruptor VillageMD, which is majority owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, has appointed Stuart Levine, MD, as its president of value-based care. -
CVS exploring acquisition of Oak Street Health
CVS Health is in talks with Oak Street Health, which runs primary care centers for Medicare recipients, about a possible acquisition, Bloomberg reported Jan. 9. -
Virgin Pulse names former CVS leader chief medical officer
Virgin Pulse, the digital health arm of conglomerate Virgin Group, named former CVS Health leader Jeffrey Jacques, MD, as its chief medical officer. -
6 recent healthcare moves from CVS
CVS Health has been making moves to further its ambitions of becoming a healthcare destination; most notably, it closed its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health giving the company access to more than 10,000 clinicians. -
Carbon Health lays off more than 200 employees
Primary care disruptor Carbon Health has laid off more than 200 employees, CEO Eren Bali wrote on Twitter. -
Former Trinity Health digital chief joins GE HealthCare
The former chief digital health and analytics officer of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health has joined GE's new healthcare spinoff as its first chief technology officer. -
What hospitals can expect from GE HealthCare
The new year began with a bang for GE HealthCare. -
J&J consumer health arm files for IPO, moves closer to spinoff
Johnson & Johnson filed an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its consumer health unit, Kenvue, moving closer toward a spinoff, Bloomberg reported Jan. 4. -
3 recent big tech layoffs
Big tech layoffs at Twitter, Amazon and Meta grabbed headlines in 2022; the trend is continuing in 2023 as large tech firms continue to deal with an uncertain economic environment. -
Amazon to eliminate 18K jobs
Amazon said it plans to cut 18,000 jobs, a bigger number than the e-retailer initially said it would eliminate last year. -
Google introduces chatbot for healthcare providers
Google and DeepMind are lauching MedPaLM, an open-sourced large language model that exclusively addresses medical queries, Tech Times reported Jan. 4. -
Walgreens Boots Alliance reports $3.7B Q1 net loss
Walgreens Boots Alliance reported a $3.7 billion net loss in the first quarter of the 2023 fiscal year ending Nov. 30, a significant drop from $3.6 billion in net income over the same period last year, driven by after-tax charges for opioid-related claims and litigation. -
Amazon will be the biggest threat to health systems' core business: Survey
Fifty-two percent of health tech experts surveyed by Health Tech Nerds, an informational platform focusing on healthcare business, said Amazon would be the biggest threat to health systems' core business in 2023. -
Salesforce to cut 10% of staff
Software giant Salesforce is cutting nearly 10 percent of its workforce after a COVID-19-fueled hiring boom that saw the company nearly triple its workforce in the past four years, Bloomberg reported Jan. 4. -
Amazon lands $8B loan
Amazon obtained an $8 billion unsecured loan after a challenging year in 2022, according to Reuters. -
Viatris closes acquisition of 2 life sciences companies
Healthcare company Viatris closed its $415 million acquisition of Oyster Point Pharma and its $280 million acquisition of Famy Life Sciences. -
Which healthcare company should Elon Musk buy in 2023? Health tech execs have 13 suggestions
Elon Musk made headlines with his acquisition of Twitter last year. But what are the odds he buys a healthcare company in 2023? And which one should it be? -
Tech layoffs accelerated faster in 2022 than during COVID-19 shutdown
In 2022, the tech industry cut 150,000 jobs, compared to the 80,000 tech workers laid off during the COVID-19 shutdown in March to December of 2020, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 3. -
Amazon a step closer to $3.9B One Medical acquisition
Amazon cleared a regulatory hurdle on its path to acquiring One Medical, according to The Seattle Times.
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