Amazon Clinic launched nationally earlier this year, partially motivated by high consumer demand, according to Forbes.
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Satya Nadella, CEO and chair of Microsoft, said its AI technology for healthcare will be developed with "governance and oversight" principles that will ensure "fairness and transparency," The Cap Times reported Aug. 23.
Three out of five Google Health executives served in hospitals before joining the tech giant's healthcare arm.
UnitedHealth Group's Optum and its subsidiaries reportedly have been laying off employees, including registered nursing positions at nearly 150 of its urgent care facilities.
As Microsoft further integrates its artificial intelligence tools within Epic, it is also broadening its reach with large health systems across the country.
Amazon's most recent healthcare initiative is focused on price transparency and tiers pricing for healthcare services based on convenience and quality, according to Forbes.
As Amazon continues its push into healthcare, here are 14 healthcare jobs the tech giant is hiring for this month.
Johnson & Johnson completed a share exchange offer to keep a stake of 9.5 percent of its newly separated consumer health unit, Kenvue, according to an Aug. 21 report from The Philadelphia Business Journal.
Oracle has joined CancerX, a digital health project that is part of the Biden administration's "cancer moonshot" initiative aimed at reducing deaths due to cancer.
Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are three open positions as of July 21: