From product launches to acquisitions to new partnerships, here's the latest roundup of stories about health IT companies, including Amazon, Google and Apple.
- Amazon released its COVID-19 test kit, which costs $40 and is compatible with Prime delivery.
- Walmart launched a free digital wallet that people can use to store and share their health information, starting with the COVID-19 vaccine record.
- Google said it is moving more than 130 employees within its health division into other areas of the company, including Search and the newly-acquired Fitbit group.
- Former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush created Zus Health, a new digital health platform that lets developers create tools and applications using a shared data record.
- Amazon Web Services launched a health accelerator to offer digital health startups resources, expertise and opportunities to collaborate with AWS healthcare customers and partners.
- Doximity, a health IT and telehealth networking platform often referred to as "LinkedIn for doctors," finalized its initial public offering for $501 million.
- Veradigm, Allscripts' payer and life sciences division, partnered with PRA Health Sciences to create an EHR-based clinical research network to improve data sharing and research collaborations for clinical trials.
- Providence's health tech investment portfolio Tegria acquired KenSci, a company that provides artificial intelligence platforms and tools to healthcare providers, payers and medical device companies.
- Data and analytics technology provider Health Catalyst said it will acquire patient engagement company Twistle.
- Apple released an updated list detailing its products, including the iPhone 12 and Apple Watch, that may interfere with medical devices.
- Digital health startup Recuro acquired MyLegacy, a clinical decision-making support application developed by the Cleveland Clinic Genomic Medicine Institute.
- Google updated its application programming interface so that developers from healthcare organizations and government agencies can create digital versions of COVID-19 vaccination or test records.