Amazon subsidiary One Medical has partnered with Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare to open five clinics in Connecticut — with more on the way, Hartford Business Journal reported April 17.

UnitedHealth Group's Optum reported that it has seen double-digit growth in its first-quarter with $8 billion in total consolidated earnings on revenue reaching $54.1 billion, a 25 percent increase from the same period last year.

Grocery giant Albertsons is partnering with Apple to use data from the iPhone and Apple Watch on their recently launched Sincerely Health platform.

Software giant Salesforce is moving further into healthcare as it launched Customer 360 for Health capabilities designed to automate digital healthcare processes, according to an April 13 news release from the company.

Google said it will release a version of its generative AI-based language model, Med-PaLM 2, to some of its healthcare customers. 

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company's $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical will "change what primary care will look like for customers."

Microsoft has rolled out new cloud capabilities for payers that focus on unlocking unstructured data for better member outreach and care management. 

VillageMD, which is majority owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, has expanded into Colorado with three new primary care practices in the state. 

UnitedHealth Group's Optum has been shaking up its leadership as some executives get promoted to new positions, while others have left the company for other healthcare ventures. 

WeightWatchers completed its acquisition of telehealth company Sequence on April 10. 

A former employee of hybrid primary care company Carbon Health is among the laid-off tech workers who went on to found "revenge startups," The Wall Street Journal reported.

Hospitals need to learn from Big Tech's use of consumer data to create loyal customers, Trilliant Health Chief Research Officer Sanjula Jain, PhD, wrote in the Harvard Business Review April 10.

Software giant Microsoft has emerged as a major player in the medtech industry.

Best Buy Health provides remote patient monitoring via flip phones, pendant alarms and a clinical command center staffed by nurses, Technology Magazine reported.

The CEO of Signify Health said the home health company plans to partner with more hospitals on analytics after its $8 billion acquisition by CVS in March, D Magazine reported.

Nworah Ayogu, MD, general manager and chief medical officer of Amazon Clinic, says the platform aims to be a marketplace that connects consumers to providers, CNBC reported April 4.

ChatGPT may be after some jobs, but it intends to leave patient-facing ones to the pros — at least for now. 

Plano, Texas-based Intuitive Health, a provider of hybrid emergency and urgent care services, has expanded its offering with the acquisition of four new centers in its home state.

CVS Health is expanding in the healthcare industry through mergers and acquisitions, giving the company access to more brick and mortar clinics and thousands of clinicians. 

VillageMD, which is majority owned by Walgreens, wants to expand to rural America and offer patients access to care seven days a week, Politico reported April 3.