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Microsoft uses AI to predict missed medical appointments
Microsoft says it has an artificial intelligence tool that can predict missed healthcare appointments. -
Amazon seeks physician lead
Amazon Web Services is seeking a San Francisco-based physician lead to work with healthcare organization leaders and strategic industry partners, attend industry events and forums, publish and accelerate business opportunities. -
Instacart Health launches for prescription meal plan, medical supply delivery
Grocery delivery company Instacart has launched Instacart Health to allow healthcare providers to order food and medical supplies for patients as part of their prescribed meal plans or post-hospital discharges. -
Walmart to cover fertility treatments under health plan
Walmart is teaming up with fertility startup Kindbody to offer benefits under its insurance plan that will help its workers expand their families. -
How Google is tackling the opioid crisis in Ohio
Google is working with an addiction treatment center in Ohio as it tries to tackle the opioid crisis, Bloomberg reported Sept. 27. -
Humana has edge over CVS Health to acquire Cano Health: Report
Humana has better odds than CVS Health of acquiring Cano Health because the insurer already has a right-of-refusal agreement with the company and a huge position in the Medicare Advantage market, according to market researcher Insider Intelligence. -
Fitbit, Google launch new service to help hospitals gather data from wearables
Google Cloud and Fibit are launching a new service that aims to help hospitals gather and interpret data from wearables and fitness trackers. -
Amazon Web Services distributes $14M for healthcare cloud equity
Since the launch of its AWS Health Equity Initiative, Amazon Web Services has awarded $14 million in cloud credits to more than 90 organizations with the aim of closing the health equity gap. -
7 recent healthcare job postings at Amazon
Amazon has been advertising job openings for its various healthcare teams. Here are seven health-related jobs the tech giant recently posted. -
PillPack founders leaving Amazon
The co-founders of PillPack plan to leave Amazon, four years after the tech giant acquired the digital pharmacy as part of its initial foray into healthcare, GeekWire reported Sept. 19. -
GV among investors in $72M funding round launching Pretzel Therapeutics
GV, the venture capital arm of Google parent company Alphabet, is among the investors pouring $72.5 million into a company using mitochondrial biology to treat disease. -
Sony to enter the over-the-counter hearing aid business
Sony has partnered with hearing aid manufacturing company WS Audiology Denmark to create an over-the-counter hearing device. -
Amazon in the news: 7 healthcare moves
From ceasing operations of its virtual and primary care service Amazon Care to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into its acquisition of One Medical, here are seven healthcare moves Amazon made in August, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review. -
Amazon to cut 395 healthcare jobs
Amazon will lay off 159 Amazon Care employees starting Dec. 1, CNBC reported Sept. 9. -
Study: Google deep learning detects tuberculosis as well as humans
Google's deep learning technology can detect tuberculosis on par with real-life radiologists, according to a Sept. 6 study in the journal Radiology. -
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 Sept. 9: -
Amazon exec joins digital healthcare staffing company as COO
A former technical advisor at Amazon, Filiz Genca, joined digital healthcare staffing company CareRev as chief operating officer. -
3 healthcare leaders leaving Amazon, Google
Several healthcare executives and leaders at Amazon and Google have stepped down, left the company or taken a break from their positions in 2022. -
What healthcare tech leaders think about the CVS-Signify deal
With the news that CVS has agreed to acquire home healthcare provider Signify Health for $8 billion, the pharmacy giant has made it clear that it intends to disrupt the healthcare industry. The company hopes to make doctors making house calls as ubiquitous as its retail primary care clinics. -
Amazon Care's end surprised employees, patients — but not industry experts
Amazon Care, the company's in-person and virtual primary care services, abruptly closed, leaving employees of Amazon surprised as the human resource department promoted the service as an employee benefit the same week it shut down, The Washington Post reported Sept. 4.
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