Disruptors

Walmart named Andrea Marks its new vice president of clinical performance, effective Oct. 4, according to Walmart Health head Cheryl Pegus, MD. 

Austin, Texas-based insurer Sana is expanding its reach into Oklahoma with offerings for small businesses. 

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, retail giants have moved rapidly to establish a foothold in the telehealth boom.

Walmart Health is reorganizing its top leadership as the retail giant focuses on its healthcare push, according to a Sept. 13 Insider report.

Google's recent healthcare reorganization is a response to lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, when the tech giant developed tools for contact tracing, mobility tracking and other clinical and hospital uses, Google Chief Health Officer Karen DeSalvo, MD, said. 

Amazon has plans to bring in-person healthcare to 20 major cities by the end of 2022, Insider reported Sept. 7.

CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens are expanding their healthcare presence to include cost-friendly, easily accessible mental health resources for consumers, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 29. 

While Google looks to reorganize its health division by moving its projects and teams across several areas of the company, the tech giant plans to continue its healthcare push and strengthen future projects. 

Google has begun dissolving its health division as it looks to split its healthcare projects and teams across several areas of the company, Insider reported Aug. 20. 

Google is dissolving its health division as its chief, David Feinberg, MD, departs for Cerner, according to an Aug. 20 Insider report.