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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. -
Google reportedly seeking to buy Thompson Center in Chicago
Google is in talks to purchase the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, a move that could transform the city's downtown area, according to a report by commercial real estate information company CoStar. -
Exec who helped build Amazon Web Services now heads Microsoft cybersecurity unit
Charlie Bell helped shape Amazon's cloud-computing service into the giant it has become today — and now leads a huge cybersecurity division for rival Microsoft, according to a recent Wall Street Journal story. -
Walmart creates software to run hybrid cloud, saving the company thousands of dollars
Walmart has built custom software that allows it to run its back end operations across any cloud system, saving the company thousands of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported 23. -
Google Cloud earns cloud assurance certification
Google Cloud has received cloud assurance certification from global consulting firm USDM Life Sciences, meaning the technology has successfully satisfied 34 worldwide health authorities' nonfunctional requirements and supporting functional requirements. -
16 recent Big Tech healthcare partnerships
Big Tech companies including Amazon, Microsoft and Apple have continued making headway into the healthcare industry through partnerships with health systems and other organizations. -
Amazon names Doug Herrington as CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores
Amazon named Doug Herrington as CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. -
9 recent healthcare job postings at Amazon
Amazon has been advertising job openings at its various healthcare businesses. Here are nine healthcare-related jobs the tech giant recently posted: -
Amazon CEO hitting the brakes on Jeff Bezos' expansion plans
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is looking to reverse the company's e-commerce plans put in place by Jeff Bezos as Amazon experienced one of its worst financial performances, The Wall Street Journal reported June 16. -
Walgreens launches clinical trial business
Walgreens partnered with health data company Pluto Health to launch a clinical trial business that aims to eliminate patient recruitment, diversity and enrollment challenges. -
Alphabet's venture arm leads $27M funding for digital medical marketplace
Sesame, a direct-pay digital healthcare marketplace, has raised $27 million in series B funding led by GV, Alphabet's venture capital arm. -
Tech cleared for Parkinson's monitoring via Apple Watch
The FDA has cleared a technology that allows Parkinson's patients to be remotely monitored via their Apple Watches.
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