Alphabet Inc.’s Google and national hospital chain HCA Healthcare Inc. have struck a deal to develop healthcare algorithms using patient records, the latest foray by a tech giant into the $3 trillion healthcare sector. Nashville, Tenn.,-based HCA, which operates across about 2,000 locations in 21 states, would consolidate and store with Google data from digital health records and internet-connected medical devices under the multiyear agreement. Google and HCA engineers will work to develop algorithms to help improve operating efficiency, monitor patients and guide doctors’ decisions, according to the companies.
Cerner (CERN) rose 2.2% after a report that the healthcare company is speculated to be a takeover target. There's speculation that an unidentified company is interested in Cerner.
Cerner Corp. rose 2.2% after a report that the healthcare company is speculated to be a takeover target. There's speculation that an unidentified company is interested in Cerner, according to a Betaville "uncooked" report. Cerner declines to comment.
Bassett Healthcare announced Tuesday, May 25 that they will be collaborating with Optum, a healthcare innovation company, in order to streamline health services through the use of technology, making providing care cheaper and more efficient. About 500 Bassett employees will be given the option of transitioning to work with Optum.
SAN DIEGO – The more than four-week disruption of services at Scripps Health was the result of a ransomware attack, the health system's CEO said in a letter Monday.
"The American healthcare market is facing an inevitable revolution that will be based on innovative and secure technology and on changes in corporate culture due to Covid-19," writes Oron Afek, co-founder and CEO of Vim.