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How Big Tech is reinventing healthcare
The Big Four tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft — are accelerating their pursuits of the healthcare market, and they're starting to hone their strategies and stake corners within the industry. -
What Google pays its top IT professionals
Google pays data scientists $102,000 to $175,000 per year based on experience and other factors, according to Payscale.com. -
Amazon Care leader on extended break
Kristen Helton, PhD, general manager and director of Amazon Care, is taking time away from the tech giant's primary healthcare initiative as it acquires One Medical, Bloomberg reported Aug. 11. -
Amazon in the news: 7 recent healthcare headlines
From plans to acquire a primary care company for $3.9 billion to developing an FDA trial for cancer vaccinations, Amazon is continuing to increase its healthcare presence. -
Amazon among companies warned by the FDA for selling unapproved drugs for mole, skin tag removal
The FDA issued a warning to three companies Aug. 9 for selling unapproved new drugs for mole and skin tag removal. -
Google's 6 most recent health-related job openings
Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are six open positions as of Aug. 10: -
11 Big Tech healthcare-based partnerships
From acquiring primary care companies to inking new partnerships with health systems, big tech companies and disruptors have made several moves in healthcare throughout the month of July. -
Google launches new program to increase productivity as growth slows
As productivity at Google begins to slow, Sundar Pichai, CEO of parent company Alphabet, implemented a new program aimed at soliciting ideas from employees on how the company can improve efficiency, CNBC reported July 31. -
Why Amazon wants to buy One Medical
Amazon's plan to buy One Medical for $3.9 billion will give the retailer a larger foothold in selling healthcare services to employers, an arena the company entered in 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported July 22. -
5 recent Amazon health-related job openings
Amazon has been posting new job openings related to its health business. Below are five positions the company recently posted: -
Amazon Web Services, Medtronic donate colonoscopy tech to hospitals
Amazon Web Services is helping health tech company Medtronic donate 133 colon cancer screening tools to 62 facilities that primarily serve communities with low screening rates or where access to the technology is not currently available. -
Tech giants in the healthcare industry: 7 recent stories
From creating digital health collaboratives to inking partnerships with health systems, here are seven most recent healthcare moves from Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft as reported by Becker's Hospital Review since June: -
Amazon Web Services backs digital health startup focused on equity
Amazon's cloud computing service is supporting a health tech company focused on improving health equity as part of a new initiative from the tech giant. -
How GV decides which healthcare companies to invest in
GV, the venture capital arm of Alphabet, spends little time focusing on direct patient care or purely technological healthcare solutions, instead concentrating on hospital infrastructure and intersections with pharma, GV venture partner Ben Robbins, MD, told the American Journal of Managed Care in an interview published July 11. -
Optum's new joint venture includes Healthgrades
Optum Health and Red Ventures partnered to launch a comprehensive consumer healthcare platform, RVO Health, according to a Moody's Investors Service report. -
Google's 7 most recent health-related job openings
Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are seven open positions as of July 11: -
Microsoft Cloud's VP departs after 21 years
Tom Keane, Microsoft's cloud vice president, is leaving the company after 21 years, Bloomberg reported July 6. -
CVS creates new tech role to oversee CIO
CVS has appointed a new C-suite executive who will oversee the CIO and other tech leaders at the company, The Wall Street Journal reported July 8. -
FDA eyes Amazon's chief medical officer for senior adviser role
Amazon's chief medical officer for new products Vin Gupta, MD, is in the lead to be the FDA's principal medical adviser, Politico reported July 5. -
Amazon, Microsoft, Google account for 65% of global cloud spending
Amazon, Microsoft and Google accounted for 65 percent of the $53 billion in global cloud-service spending in the first quarter of 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported July 5.
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