Uber Health's non-emergency transportation services for medical appointments expanded to Australia, the rideshare company said Aug. 18. 

Amazon's planned $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical has dramatically changed the healthcare market since the deal was announced in July. However, pharmacy retail and healthcare giant CVS Health has also been active since Amazon announced plans to acquire One Medical.

Best Buy will begin selling over-the-counter hearing devices this fall after the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act was signed into law Aug. 16, CNBC reported Aug. 17. 

The Big Four tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft — are accelerating their pursuits of the healthcare market, and they're starting to hone their strategies and stake corners within the industry. 

Google pays data scientists $102,000 to $175,000 per year based on experience and other factors, according to Payscale.com.

Kristen Helton, PhD, general manager and director of Amazon Care, is taking time away from the tech giant's primary healthcare initiative as it acquires One Medical, Bloomberg reported Aug. 11.

From plans to acquire a primary care company for $3.9 billion to developing an FDA trial for cancer vaccinations, Amazon is continuing to increase its healthcare presence. 

The FDA issued a warning to three companies Aug. 9 for selling unapproved new drugs for mole and skin tag removal. 

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are six open positions as of Aug. 10:

From acquiring primary care companies to inking new partnerships with health systems, big tech companies and disruptors have made several moves in healthcare throughout the month of July.

As productivity at Google begins to slow, Sundar Pichai, CEO of parent company Alphabet, implemented a new program aimed at soliciting ideas from employees on how the company can improve efficiency, CNBC reported July 31. 

Amazon's plan to buy One Medical for $3.9 billion will give the retailer a larger foothold in selling healthcare services to employers, an arena the company entered in 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported July 22. 

Amazon has been posting new job openings related to its health business. Below are five positions the company recently posted:

Amazon Web Services is helping health tech company Medtronic donate 133 colon cancer screening tools to 62 facilities that primarily serve communities with low screening rates or where access to the technology is not currently available. 

From creating digital health collaboratives to inking partnerships with health systems, here are seven most recent healthcare moves from Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft as reported by Becker's Hospital Review since June: 

Amazon's cloud computing service is supporting a health tech company focused on improving health equity as part of a new initiative from the tech giant.

GV, the venture capital arm of Alphabet, spends little time focusing on direct patient care or purely technological healthcare solutions, instead concentrating on hospital infrastructure and intersections with pharma, GV venture partner Ben Robbins, MD, told the American Journal of Managed Care in an interview published July 11.

Optum Health and Red Ventures partnered to launch a comprehensive consumer healthcare platform, RVO Health, according to a Moody's Investors Service report.

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are seven open positions as of July 11:

Tom Keane, Microsoft's cloud vice president, is leaving the company after 21 years, Bloomberg reported July 6.