Disruptors

Google Cloud has received cloud assurance certification from global consulting firm USDM Life Sciences, meaning the technology has successfully satisfied 34 worldwide health authorities' nonfunctional requirements and supporting functional requirements. 

Big Tech companies including Amazon, Microsoft and Apple have continued making headway into the healthcare industry through partnerships with health systems and other organizations.

Amazon named Doug Herrington as CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. 

Amazon has been advertising job openings at its various healthcare businesses. Here are nine healthcare-related jobs the tech giant recently posted:

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is looking to reverse the company's e-commerce plans put in place by Jeff Bezos as Amazon experienced one of its worst financial performances, The Wall Street Journal reported June 16. 

Walgreens partnered with health data company Pluto Health to launch a clinical trial business that aims to eliminate patient recruitment, diversity and enrollment challenges. 

Sesame, a direct-pay digital healthcare marketplace, has raised $27 million in series B funding led by GV, Alphabet's venture capital arm.

The FDA has cleared a technology that allows Parkinson's patients to be remotely monitored via their Apple Watches.

Google suspended an engineer who claimed that the company's AI chatbot had sentience, The Wall Street Journal reported June 12.

Google will pay $118 million and open up some practices to independent review to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of consistently underpaying women, Fortune reported June 13.