Amazon's One Medical plans to open a new San Francisco clinic, expanding its partnership with San Francisco-based UCSF Health, Hoodline reported.
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Amazon debuted a $100 million generative artificial intelligence center June 22 to help customers harness the new technology.
Americans are increasingly turning to "Doctor Walmart" and other retail healthcare clinics as they seek convenient care and trust large retailers with their health data, The Economist reported.
CVS Health has had a busy year, from deepening its reach into the primary care market with billion-dollar deals to investing in medtech companies.
CVS Health subsidiary Signify Health has expanded its footprint outside the United States, opening a new tech center in Ireland.
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Aledade, a network of primary care practices, raised $260 million in a series F financing round.
Walmart is opening three more health centers in Florida in June as it continues its healthcare expansion in the Sunshine State, Fox 35 reported.
Apple continues to aggressively hire for healthcare jobs focused on enhancing the health features of its devices.
CVS Health is aiming for its retail healthcare offering, MinuteClinic, to fill primary care gaps caused by longer wait times; a 2022 survey from Merritt Hawkins found that the average patient waits 20.6 days for primary care.
Walmart Health may have an advantage over other retail healthcare clinics because the big-box store has so many other products available to patients, Arkansas Business reported.