Claude Pirtle, MD, the former chief medical information officer of Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare, has been named the inaugural chief medical informatics officer of Walmart Health & Wellness, the retail giant's health and medical arm.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Roz Brewer recently suggested that company may be expanding into healthcare technology, while CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch said the company is aiming to ultimately touch the "entire spectrum of someone's health journey."
Oracle added healthcare-oriented features for its Fusion Enterprise Performance Management, supply chain and manufacturing, and human capital management suites.
Joshua Mandel, MD, chief architect for healthcare at Microsoft, joined the advisory board of Graphite Health, a software company that provides tools for healthcare app development.
Amazon has been advertising job openings for its various healthcare teams. Here are seven health-related jobs the tech giant recently posted.
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The Justice Department has asked CVS Health for more information about its planned $8 billion acquisition of home healthcare company Signify Health, the pharmacy giant said in an Oct. 20 securities filing.
Amazon Web Services launched a new healthcare-specific accelerator aimed at reducing the effort and complexity involved in supporting healthcare compliance efforts.
From partnering with Optum for healthcare analytics to opening a healthcare research institute, here are the six most recent healthcare moves from Walmart as reported by Becker's.
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.
Walgreens' healthcare business, Walgreens Boots Alliance, reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings and aims to accelerate growth next year.