Disruptors

As Google looks to get employees back into the office, it will expand its suite of on-site wellness centers in 2024, HR Brew reported Oct. 2. 

Walgreens CIO Hsiao Wang is leaving the company just a year after being appointed to the role, Bloomberg reported Oct. 2. 

Microsoft has forged two new strategic partnerships with leading health systems — Mayo Clinic and Mercy — as it aims to use the power of generative artificial intelligence to ease healthcare's administrative burdens. 

As Costco looks to break into healthcare through a new partnership with virtual care company Sesame, Costco CFO Richard Galanti said in a Sept. 26 earnings call that raising the cost of its membership is a 'question of when, not…

One professor says Amazon's new ownership of a clinic that serves Hanover, N.H.-based Dartmouth College employees and their families could be the right model to "rethink" primary care, Valley News reported Sept. 27.

Hospital leaders are already taking notice of one of healthcare's newest disruptors: Uber Eats.

Disruptors are turning to virtual care offerings to make healthcare more affordable and accessible to consumers. 

Amazon is making a big bet on generative artificial intelligence — and its use in healthcare — with a $4 billion investment in AI company Anthropic.

Hospital officials told Becker's they don't view Costco's entrance into healthcare as a threat to their business but as an opportunity for expanded care to reach new patients. 

Cheryl Knaut, CEO of Optum's payment integrity, said she plans to retire at the beginning of October.