Disruptors

St. Louis-based Mercy plans to lease clinics at former Walmart Health locations.

GE HealthCare and Amazon Web Services are partnering to develop advanced generative artificial intelligence models and tools aimed at efficiently analyzing complex medical data.

Optum is closing clinics in multiple states and laying off 524 employees across California.

OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, is searching for healthcare expertise to add to its team. 

Google continues to aggressively hire for jobs focused on enhancing the health features of its devices. 

The proposed acquisition of Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health by Health Assurance Transformation Corp., or HATCo, is slated to close by the end of 2024, Ideastream Public Media reported July 18. 

GE HealthCare is set to acquire Intelligent Ultrasound Group's clinical artificial intelligence software business for $51 million. 

Former employees with UnitedHealth Group's Optum and its subsidiaries took to social media beginning July 18 regarding another reduction in force they say occurred across parts of the company.

Amazon's primary care clinic One Medical allegedly provided guidelines for their employees to use when discussing situations when their call center did not appropriately escalate urgent calls to medical staff, The Washington Post reported July 15.

Apple secured another win in a legal fight challenging the patent for the electrocardiogram technology in its watch.