Disruptors

Amazon is on the hunt for business development leaders to further its healthcare strategy, which may include purchasing provider networks.

When new digital technologies and data-driven systems are introduced in the healthcare industry, they are often referred to as "disruptors" or a "disruption." These terms can get thrown around pretty frequently in conversations about healthcare innovation, but it can often…

From Amazon and Google to Walmart and CVS, tech and retail giants are transforming the healthcare industry and fueling new needs for innovation.  

CVS Health is offering Aetna commercial and CVS Caremark members a one-year subscription to Apple Fitness+, the company announced on Sept. 15.

Hospitals and health systems must rethink partnerships and digital infrastructure to remain competitive with retail and tech disruptors like Amazon, CVS and Google.

Here are seven recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft. 

Apple is the first company to reach a $2 trillion valuation, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Nearly half of healthcare provider and payer executives (45 percent) believe that rapid advancements in new tech and innovations will disrupt the healthcare industry, according to an Aug. 11 Accenture report.

911 call centers and ambulances must overhaul their pre-hospital communication systems in order to provide patients with similar consumer communication experiences such as apps like Uber and Lyft, according to University of Michigan researchers.

Boston-based Mass General Brigham named 12 technologies and innovations that will have the most significant effect on healthcare through the end of 2021 based on interviews with Harvard faculty.