Becker's Healthcare March 13, 2024
From major retailers, including Walmart and Best Buy, to major tech companies, such as Google and Apple, several nontraditional companies are quickly diving into the healthcare space.
Here is what three major tech companies have been up to in healthcare:
Apple
A surgeon in the U.S. and a surgeon in the U.K. recently became two of the first specialists in the world to use Apple’s Vision Pro in a spinal operation. Several major health systems, including Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, Boston Children’s Hospital and San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare, have also partnered with Apple’s Vision Pro system for simulations, behavioral healthcare and more. Apple continues to hire workers to enhance its healthcare tech department, seeking health sensing engineers, health...