Medical Futurist November 17, 2021
Judit Kuszkó

  • In October 2021, Best Buy announced it acquired a UK-based remote care service. And that the company will keep on focusing on health services with a keen interest in serving senior citizens.
  • Only a few days later, fitness company CrossFit declared it will launch a fully digital primary care service in an attempt to provide an “individualised approach to health.”
  • Tobacco company Philip Morris showed similar interest this summer by buying health firm Ventura claiming they are getting ready to create a “smoke-free future.”

Have all these companies lost their minds?! Suddenly everyone that produces technology or has empty retail space wants to get into healthcare. It’s obvious retailers and other industries...

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Topics: Patient / Consumer, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Retailer
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