Retail giant Walmart and managed care company CareSource are entering a three-year partnership aiming to address racial disparities and health inequities.

Walmart uses a cloud service from Microsoft and VMware to access its Epic EHR instances at every new healthcare clinic it opens.

GE HealthCare is entering a joint venture with state-owned China National Medical Device Co., part of Chinese medical giant Sinopharm, to "develop, manufacture, and commercialize medical equipment to address the growing needs of China's healthcare market," according to a Feb. 24 Securities and Exchange Commission filing. 

Apple recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are seven open positions, as of Feb. 27:

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company has tested and will soon release its own AI-based language model to researchers. 

Amazon made headlines last week when it completed its $3.9 billion purchase of hybrid primary care company One Medical. But what exactly does One Medical do?

Walmart Health and Wellness has named Brian Setzer as its new executive vice president.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy posted a letter on the retailer's website to promote its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical and its healthcare offerings. 

From Walmart expanding its healthcare presence with additional clinics to Best Buy partnering with some of the largest U.S. hospitals and health systems on remote patient monitoring, here are how disruptors are expanding their healthcare presence.

Apple is close to perfecting a device that would monitor people's glucose levels without pricking the skin for blood, Bloomberg reported Feb. 22.

Philips' management will not receive any bonuses for 2022 as the company's market value dipped by 70 percent after a global recall of respiratory devices.  

Health system chief digital and innovation officers told Becker's they're impressed with Amazon's Feb. 22 purchase of One Medical and they believe it spells good things for the future of healthcare.

Amazon tech employees are urging Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to reconsider his new return-to-office mandate, CNBC reported Feb. 21. 

Facebook parent company Meta gave thousands of employees poor reviews, indicating that more layoffs could be coming after the company laid off 13 percent of its staff in November 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 17.

Amazon has completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of virtual and in-person primary care company One Medical, the retailer said Feb. 22. 

Walmart Health has named Brody McConnell as its new director of innovations.

Google Cloud is partnering with Redox, an interoperability startup founded by three former Epic engineers, to integrate health data from legacy systems into Google Cloud products. 

Apple isn't entering the primary care arena like other retail disruptors such as Amazon, CVS and Optum, instead the company is focusing on how to keep patients healthier through data, according to a Feb. 17 report from the American Hospital Association. 

The FTC is closely watching healthcare deals such as CVS' planned acquisition of Signify Health and Amazon's planned acquisition of One Medical, which could potentially delay the deals from closing, Barrons reported Feb. 16. 

Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer had to convince her board of her plans to shift the company's focus from retail pharmacies to medical clinics, even taking the directors on a tour of a VillageMD practice, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb 19.