Amazon continues to hire employees for its healthcare businesses such as Amazon Pharmacy and One Medical.

Walmart exited the healthcare business in 2024.

Google continued its push into the healthcare industry in 2024, with new health system partnerships and artificial intelligence products.

In 2024, major retail healthcare players Walgreens, CVS Health, and Walmart have aggressively restructured through strategic divestments, layoffs, and the closure of underperforming assets, while pivoting toward virtual care, AI-driven efficiencies, and partnerships to streamline operations and adapt to evolving market demands.

Microsoft had a busy 2024 in healthcare through its clinical documentation subsidiary Nuance and an ongoing partnership with Epic.

An internal AI chatbot developed for Optum employees was inadvertently left publicly accessible online, allowing unrestricted access via a web browser, TechCrunch reported Dec. 13. 

Amazon continued its healthcare push in 2024 even as some of its fellow disruptors backed off.

Optum is laying off 34 employees at a clinical laboratory facility in Brewster, N.Y., according to regulatory documents filed with the state Dec. 6.

Amazon's One Medical is leveraging AI to ease the workload on physicians, Politico reported Dec. 4.

Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Hospital has partnered with Microsoft to explore how generative AI can transform pediatric healthcare. 

CVS Health has announced two key leadership appointments as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance pharmacy and wellness services.

VillageMD's board appointed COO Jim Murray as interim CEO Nov. 27 after former CEO Tim Barry stepped down, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Neuralink, the brain-technology company co-founded by Elon Musk, has announced a new feasibility trial to test whether its brain implant can effectively control a robotic arm.

Neuralink, the brain-technology company co-founded by Elon Musk, is set to launch its first international clinical trial.

Amazon continues to grow its healthcare businesses.

Instacart, a grocery technology company, is partnering with Troy-based Molina Healthcare of Michigan. 

Developments on X, formerly Twitter, have sparked interest and concern as users submit medical images like X-rays and MRIs to Grok, an AI chatbot introduced by Elon Musk, for potential diagnoses, The New York Times reported Nov. 18.

Amazon has launched new telehealth options for Prime members that display the prices upfront.

Jill Hoggard Green, RN, BSN, PhD, former CEO of The Queens Health System in Honolulu, Hawaii, joined the Health Catalyst board of directors.

Big Tech leaders are touting their advances into healthcare in their pitches to Wall Street investors.