MedCity News August 24, 2021
Elise Reuter

The tech giant plans to dissolve its health division with the departure of leader Dr. David Feinberg. But Google maintains that healthcare is still a big focus for the company, and that the division’s projects and staff would continue under other leaders.

In a deja-vu of sorts, Google is once again shuttering its health division. Just three years after the company hired Dr. David Feinberg to organize its disparate health efforts, its projects and employees will be shuffled across the company as he leaves for a new job as CEO of Cerner Corp.

According to a memo acquired by Insider, Google plans to shut down its health division and reassign its 570 employees. A Google spokesperson confirmed that...

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