Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway have finally picked a CEO for their ambitious health venture. Unlike most healthcare executives, Dr. Atul Gawande is a doctor before anything else, and… Read More
The joint healthcare venture from Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway finally has a leader. Surgeon and Harvard professor Dr. Atul Gawande was named its CEO Wednesday, and he has a monumental… Read More
More than 100 million Americans are now living with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes and the disease’s health impacts, coupled with high cost of treatment, is increasingly taking a toll… Read More
The new joint health venture by Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway may be the most challenging project in the healthcare industry. It seems the companies involved wanted to mirror… Read More
Dr. Dan Low loves his job. It shows in almost everything he does. Low is a pediatric anesthesiologist — he’s in charge of giving children all the medication and anesthesia they… Read More
Amazon seems primed for a bold expansion into healthcare, after speculation in recent months that the Seattle-based company was interested in the industry. According to a report by CNBC on Tuesday,… Read More
A new study from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found a huge price discrepancy between cancer care in Western Washington and the neighboring province of British Columbia, Canada.… Read More
Qliance Medical Management — a Seattle-based healthcare startup that was embroiled in controversy when it suddenly shut its doors last year — has officially filed for bankruptcy. Filings show the company owed more than… Read More
The U.S. has a huge healthcare problem. The country spends more per capita on healthcare than any other country in the world, and the industry and patients alike are desperate… Read More
Ventec Life Systems, the Seattle-area creator of a unique portable life support device, has raised another $13 million to scale its production and bring the device to markets around… Read More
Data is transforming every industry under the sun. Mountains of data let companies sell toothpaste, manage international logistics and support customers more efficiently. Healthcare is different. “We all know that… Read More
Hospitals have to solve a thousand logistical challenges every day, but perhaps none are more difficult than operating room schedules. Surgeries can be difficult to predict — in fact, less… Read More
Imagine you have a minor health problem — say, an earache. Then imagine you open an app, message a doctor and have a prescription to treat it delivered to your… Read More
Vera Whole Health is not your average healthcare company. Not by a long shot. “The vision is to create a health revolution,” Vera CEO and Co-founder Ryan Schmid told… Read More
Nimble Pharmacy, a startup based in the San Francisco area, is extending its prescription drug delivery service to Seattle and San Diego, setting it up for a potential clash… Read More
Amazon has dropped a plan to start selling drugs to hospitals, according to a report by CNBC. Reports of Amazon’s interest in expanding Amazon Business to healthcare supplies surfaced in February… Read More
Healthcare has been a winner so far in 2018, at least in terms of venture capital. That’s the takeaway from the quarterly Dow Jones VentureSource report, which found that healthcare… Read More
Portland, Ore., based health collective Cambia Health Solutions announced a new partnership Wednesday with Bay Area health technology company Livongo Health, with the aim of expanding Livongo’s tech-fueled healthcare solutions to… Read More
Frazier Healthcare Partners today announced the closure of a $780 million fund. It’s the firm’s 11th fund and will be used to invest in profitable healthcare companies in the lower… Read More
Just as schools need substitute teachers, hospitals and medical facilities sometimes need to call in an extra doctor. But it turns out that it’s not always easy for MDs to… Read More
Is Amazon good for Seattle? That’s the question a community forum asked this week, with civic leaders arguing both sides. The audience was split, to say the least, and the… Read More
Uber launched a new service Thursday designed to ferry patients to and from doctors’ appointments. The Uber Health dashboard allows healthcare providers and caregivers to request and schedule rides on… Read More
Every day, doctors and nurses across the country do a complicated dance around patient care. They turn back and forth as a mother describes her child’s symptoms, trying to listen… Read More
Apple is launching medical clinics for its employees in the latest attempt by a large tech company to address the U.S.’s growing healthcare problem. The new project, called AC Wellness,… Read More
Medical device company Carewave Medical is looking to raise $1 million to support its wearable pain relief technology, according to an SEC filing. The Seattle-based company has already raised $150,000… Read More
In 2016, more than 16,000 people died from an opioid overdose related to a prescription drug. That’s more than 46 people every day. Much of the opioid crisis in America isn’t… Read More
More than 125,000 people receive an organ transplant every year. The procedure could replace a failing heart, lungs or kidneys, or even help recipients see for the first time in their… Read More
Amazon is expanding its reach in the healthcare supply market, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Hospital executives told the newspaper that Amazon has been working to… Read More
Three giant U.S. companies — Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway — announced Tuesday that they will form their own healthcare company to battle the “hungry tapeworm” that is the… Read More
The human immune system is incredibly complex and incredibly smart. Your immune system knows when you’re getting sick, sometimes days, months or even years before the problem is diagnosed. If… Read More