Amazon is launching its virtual care platform, Amazon Clinic, across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Amazon Web Services said it will make tweaks to its new clinical documentation tool, AWS HealthScribe, based on feedback to ensure it is working "at scale," CNBC reported July 26.  

Apple has filed a patent for technology that would allow AirPods to track brain activity in another move in the healthcare wearables race for the tech giant.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has named Manmohan Mahajan its new interim global chief financial officer, as its current executive vice president and global chief financial officer, James Kehoe, is set to leave the company in August. 

IBM is collaborating with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to build a new digital platform that can bring visibility to the drug supply chain. 

Healthcare disruptors such as Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft are creating new software products and services integrated with generative artificial intelligence that are aiming to tackle healthcare's biggest burdens — clinician documentation and making sense of healthcare data. 

Amazon Web Services is entering the healthcare artificial intelligence race with the launch of its new AWS HealthScribe tool designed to generate clinical documentation.

GE HealthCare reported solid second-quarter results as the now independent medtech company saw 7 percent year-over-year revenue growth.

CVS Health elected Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, to serve on its board of directors, according to a July 20  SEC filing.

Tech giants Google and Microsoft are continuing their push into the healthcare industry: integrating generative artificial intelligence into their clinician-geared products and services. 

GNC is the latest healthcare disruptor, with the health supplement retailer rolling out a yearly healthcare subscription service offering free telehealth appointments and generic medications.

Amazon and Google are pushing back against ONC proposals to regulate predictive artificial intelligence in healthcare.

There is a new leader at the helm of Optum Health, owned by UnitedHealth Group, to oversee the organization's 135,000 team members.

As consolidation in U.S. healthcare continues at an increasing rate, the nation's largest health systems and payers have evolved to look more like each other: diverse, health services giants that can deliver healthcare and coverage across a variety of settings.

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A futurist warned hospital and health system executives that they risk being sidestepped by patients in favor of Big Tech if they don't innovate soon, Chief Healthcare Executive reported July 17.

Facebook's parent company Meta recently launched Threads as a competitor to Twitter, but data suggests the medical community is hesitant to make the jump to the new online community, Medpage Today reported July 14.

Retail giant Amazon has been conducting a layoff spree as part of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's plan to eliminate 18,000 jobs throughout the organization, some of which include employees spearheading its healthcare initiatives.

Optum's revenues and earnings both grew by double digits in the second quarter, its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, reported July 14.

Apple's new iPhone could be equipped with artificial intelligence to track users' moods, sleep and breathing, The Daily Mail reported.