Amazon Web Services recently posted a job listing for a physician lead on its healthcare industry team. 

From offering grants to support rural hospitals to new features that support telehealth, disruptors are continuing to expand on their healthcare ventures.

Walmart is looking to hire 50,000 new employees by the end of April to fill both store roles and to expand its health and wellness teams, The Wall Street Journal reported March 16. 

Samsung introduced a healthcare TV aimed at improving in-room patient care March 15. 

Uber Health, the healthcare transportation arm of the rideshare giant, has tapped leaders from Optum and healthcare talent from across other industries to build its leadership team.

Google's Care Studio expanded the capabilities of its clinician-facing search tool using artificial intelligence to summarize and contextualize physicians' clinical notes.

Uber raised its earnings forecast for its first quarter of 2022, citing a strong rebound in use as the omicron variant of the coronavirus subsides, CNBC reported March 7. 

CVS Health filed a trademark application Feb. 28 that would allow the company to provide healthcare services in the metaverse, CNBC reported March 4.

In February, Amazon Care rolled out its virtual health services nationwide and said its in-person services would be rolled out in more than 20 new cities in 2022. The announcement was one of many efforts to disrupt the traditional healthcare that the industry has witnessed from tech and retail companies over the past decade.

Microsoft launched two new services for health providers, one that analyzes data visualization and another that helps physicians collect data for remote patient monitoring, VentureBeat reported March 1.

Target plans to invest $300 million into its workers to boost wages and benefits, including expansion of health plan benefits, Bloomberg reported Feb. 28. 

Big Tech disruptors have their eyes on healthcare but have reported positive financial results driven by their core business models in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Kristen Helton, director of Amazon Care, on Feb. 21 told Forbes that "patients are tired of a healthcare system that doesn't put them first." Here are three key avenues Amazon is using to address that issue:

Eighty percent of the COVID-19 vaccines Walmart has administered have been in medically underserved communities.

Despite inflation pressures, Walmart beat expectations for its fourth-quarter earnings report published Feb. 17, with a strong performance from its healthcare branch.

As ride-share giants Lyft and Uber have pushed into the healthcare space, they've integrated offering rides to patients into their business plan. However, experts are worried that the drivers lack sufficient healthcare experience to deal with any potential issues, and passengers and drivers themselves have expressed unease, The Verge reported Feb. 17. 

In October 2021, Elon Musk became the richest person in the world. With a net worth of about $241 billion as of Feb. 17, he and his companies have potential to bring major disruption to most industries. Below are some of the ways Mr. Musk has entered the healthcare space.

CVS Health has been making moves to maintain its ambitions of becoming a healthcare destination, most notably through its partnership to bring clinical trials to pharmacies. Here are five healthcare moves CVS has made in the past two months.

Despite promises of revolutionizing healthcare, Big Tech companies are falling short, in part because of their underestimation of the U.S healthcare system, Sachin Jain, MD, president and CEO of SCAN Health Plan, wrote in Forbes Feb. 15. 

Google is continuing to grow its health business by inking partnerships with health systems, developing new health products and conducting clinical research. Here are profiles of five key leaders who are at the forefront of Google Health's initiatives.