Sam’s Club members in three states will soon be able to see a physician right from their phones at any hour of the day for just $1 per session. The… Read More
After selling a startup and leaving full-time work for the life of an independent consultant, Nick Soman stumbled across the idea for his next company. It came in the form… Read More
Whenever Justin Chan visited a hospital, he was surprised to see the physically large and expensive devices that are rolled around for various diagnostics. It was a seemingly ordinary observation,… Read More
Healthcare technology company Accolade is getting back to basics with a service that helps patients with a fundamental healthcare need: picking a doctor. Called Accolade Total Care, the new product… Read More
This past August, executives from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce banded together to promote data sharing in healthcare. Nearly a year later, the world’s largest tech companies aren’t… Read More
The UK’s National Health Service is making Alexa available to millions of patients in another sign that voice technology is here to stay in healthcare. The nationalized healthcare system announced… Read More
Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health announced a new partnership Monday designed to bring the healthcare institution’s vast clinical data and the software giant’s artificial intelligence and cloud capabilities together.… Read More
— While next week promises to be filled with parades, fireworks, and picnics, there’s also the chance to play some board games you love or possibly finding one you’ve never… Read More
Dr. Jeffrey Roh started his career as an entrepreneur after creating a method for a less invasive form of spine surgery. He started knocking on the doors of spine companies… Read More
Peek into a random hospital room in the U.S. today, and you might see something that makes you cynical about technology. The classic scene is of a provider talking with… Read More
REDMOND — A groundbreaking system that would use artificial intelligence to diagnose several diseases from a single blood test may not be far off. The project, a collaboration between Microsoft… Read More
Voice assistants are coming to the hospital. Last month, Amazon Alexa announced a new skill that made the platform compliant with HIPAA, a set of privacy rules that govern patient… Read More
Amazon is reportedly working on a health and wellness device that is worn on the wrist and can read human emotions, according to a Bloomberg report that referenced internal documents… Read More
Imagine knowing that all the data you need to do your job better was locked in a system that you couldn’t access. That’s the frustrating reality for many healthcare workers… Read More
As a neonatologist at Seattle Children’s, Dr. Rachel Umoren knows that every second counts when a baby is born and doesn’t breathe or cry. If a caregiver doesn’t act fast,… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has a new trick: transmitting secure patient information between patients and caregivers. Developers can now use the Alexa Skills Kit to build HIPAA-compliant apps, opening the… Read More
Special counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation, and the 2020 presidential campaign is already heating up. So what’s next on the national political agenda? Yep, healthcare is back. On… Read More
The healthcare joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway finally has a name, and it’s called Haven. The company also launched a website at havenhealthcare.com. In addition to… Read More
More than two years after taking its Band fitness tracker off the market, Microsoft is killing off the accompanying health service for good. From 2014: Can the Microsoft Band change… Read More
Former UnitedHealth executive David Smith can keep his new gig with the healthcare joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, a federal judge ruled on Friday. The decision… Read More
KenSci has raised an additional $22 million to fuel growth of its machine learning and AI-powered technology that helps health systems predict when patients will get sick and lower healthcare costs.… Read More
Inside the world of virtual reality, young people can learn how to cope with depression and anxiety by better understanding how their brains function and how thoughts and feelings develop.… Read More
Automation technology is helping fill prescription orders and diagnose patient specimens much faster and safer than ever before. As part of our GeekWire on the Road project last week in… Read More
Nearly three years ago, Mike Hilton made a dramatic career change. After leading Concur for more than 20 years, and selling the expense management technology company to SAP for $8.3… Read More
What if every routine doctor’s visit was free? Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is hoping to answer that question with Spira Care, an integrated health insurance and health clinic… Read More
Today’s featured stories Report: Amazon plans internal healthcare clinics for employees at Seattle headquarters Steve and Connie Ballmer commit $59M to case management software to help vulnerable kids Samsung introduces… Read More
Amazon is planning to open primary care clinics for employees at its Seattle headquarters, according to a report Thursday by CNBC. When reached by GeekWire, Amazon declined to comment on the… Read More
The United States has a healthcare problem. The country spends more per capita on healthcare than any other place in the world, about double the average amount for other developed countries.… Read More
News Brief: GE Healthcare has sold its shares of Redmond, Wash., based health technology startup Caradigm to Florida-based cancer diagnostic technology creator Inspirata, marking the end of an ambitious joint venture… Read More
Amazon’s march into healthcare took another big step on Thursday as the tech giant announced its intention to acquire PillPack. Founded in 2013, Boston-based PillPack is an online pharmacy that… Read More