In the past two years, Amazon has shut down two of its healthcare endeavors as its outcomes didn't meet the company's expectations, and as CEO Andy Jassy is implementing numerous cost cuts.
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Walgreens' healthcare business, Walgreens Boots Alliance, reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings and aims to accelerate growth next year.
CVS Health wants to be in charge of the "entire spectrum of someone's health journey," the company's chief executive said at an Oct. 12 event in Boston reported on by the Boston Business Journal.
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare has added new capabilities including patient insights, patient trends and a tool that can predict missed appointments.
Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are five open positions as of Oct. 10:
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CVS Health is in exclusive talks to buy Cano Health, Bloomberg reported Oct. 7.
Google Health, the tech giant's healthcare division, is partnering with health systems across the country to explore the use of its technology in a healthcare setting.
From creating new offerings that help health systems gather data from wearables, to expanding its partnerships with health systems, here are five healthcare moves from Google as reported by Becker's Hospital Review since Sept. 13:
Uber Health has partnered with healthcare workforce platform ShiftMed to provide transportation to nurses and other healthcare workers to help with staffing shortages.
Microsoft says it has an artificial intelligence tool that can predict missed healthcare appointments.