Disruptors

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…

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.