Google Health introduced new research projects that would use artificial intelligence to turn smartphones into stethoscopes and other at-home AI disease screening tools, according to a March 24 blog post.

Google has announced plans to roll out a feature that allows patients to view appointment availability for participating healthcare providers directly from its search page.

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is seeking health tech talent. Below are four recently posted  job openings related to its health technology business:

Google recently posted several job openings for positions on the team that develops Care Studio, the tech giant's EHR search tool.

Phillips announced plans to pilot a program that will deliver remote fetal monitoring to patients in rural areas.

Microsoft integrated a virtual care and remote patient monitoring platform into its healthcare cloud.

The consumer healthcare experience is transforming and patient preferences are changing rapidly as the need for a more personalized and digitized care experience grows. This means healthcare organizations will have to adopt new technologies and strategies to meet the demand.

Sandbox, Alphabet's quantum technology group used by New York City-based Mount Sinai, is spinning off into an independent company.

Alphabet's life sciences arm, Verily, is partnering with the digital pathology platform Lumea to improve the objectivity and efficiency of prostate cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapy selection. 

From plans to scale its direct-care delivery service to recruiting new leadership to head its healthcare ecosystem, Amazon continues to strengthen its healthcare presence. Here are six most recent healthcare moves from the company as reported by Becker's.

Apple recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are five open positions, as of March 21:

Amazon Web Services recently posted a job listing for a physician lead on its healthcare industry team. 

From offering grants to support rural hospitals to new features that support telehealth, disruptors are continuing to expand on their healthcare ventures.

Walmart is looking to hire 50,000 new employees by the end of April to fill both store roles and to expand its health and wellness teams, The Wall Street Journal reported March 16. 

Samsung introduced a healthcare TV aimed at improving in-room patient care March 15. 

Uber Health, the healthcare transportation arm of the rideshare giant, has tapped leaders from Optum and healthcare talent from across other industries to build its leadership team.

Google's Care Studio expanded the capabilities of its clinician-facing search tool using artificial intelligence to summarize and contextualize physicians' clinical notes.

Uber raised its earnings forecast for its first quarter of 2022, citing a strong rebound in use as the omicron variant of the coronavirus subsides, CNBC reported March 7. 

CVS Health filed a trademark application Feb. 28 that would allow the company to provide healthcare services in the metaverse, CNBC reported March 4.

In February, Amazon Care rolled out its virtual health services nationwide and said its in-person services would be rolled out in more than 20 new cities in 2022. The announcement was one of many efforts to disrupt the traditional healthcare that the industry has witnessed from tech and retail companies over the past decade.