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Google Cloud Is Launching Accelerators To Improve Health Equity, Efficiency, and Care Value

Google Cloud Is Launching Accelerators To Improve Health Equity, Efficiency, and Care Value

Google Cloud is relentless in its efforts to transform healthcare. This week, at one of the world’s largest healthcare innovation conferences, HLTH, the organization announced yet another step forward: the launch of three new Healthcare Data Engine (HDE) accelerators which will aim to address pertinent issues that plague healthcare delivery. The overarching goal of these accelerators will be to utilize Google Cloud’s powerful platform to increase healthcare data accessibility,… Source link

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Pet care is ‘a resilient industry’: PetSmart CEO

Pet care is ‘a resilient industry’: PetSmart CEO

Despite the current inflationary environment, pet care hasn’t seemed to blink an eye. According to PetSmart CEO J.K. Symancyk, the industry is seeing some of its strongest growth in years. “I would call it a resilient industry,” Symancyk said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “I think we continue to see people make choices to put their pets ahead of themselves and find ways to involve their pets in more of their lives. And that has continued to drive growth for the last 15+ years. I believe… Source link

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Why markets care so much about the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole meeting

Why markets care so much about the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole meeting

For more business and finance explainers, check out our Yahoo U page. Every year in August, the Federal Reserve holds a small gathering of the world’s leading economists and policymakers against the backdrop of the Grand Teton Mountains in Wyoming. Only about 120 people attend the event every year, but the publicly-released papers and speeches — as well as media engagements by policymakers — have made the Kansas City Fed’s Economic Policy Symposium a landmark event for Fed watchers and… Source link

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Why you should suddenly care about the Nationals

Why you should suddenly care about the Nationals

The MLB trade deadline rocked the fantasy world, altering the rest-of-season value of so many players. Today’s edition of waiver wire tips is full of those who saw their value increase at the deadline. And I managed to sneak in a few other players who are included due to favorable upcoming schedules. One note before we start: while MLB fans mostly focus on the acquisitions by contending teams who loaded up at the deadline, wise fantasy managers know that the best values in early August are… Source link

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Why Amazon’s acquiring this health care company for $3.9 billion

Why Amazon’s acquiring this health care company for $3.9 billion

Amazon (AMZN) announced today that it would acquire subscription health care provider One Medical for $3.9 billion. The deal marks one of Amazon’s most high-profile pushes into health care to date. So, why One Medical? To start, One Medical — which was founded in 2007 and focuses on so-called concierge primary care — was on the market. The company had reportedly been fielding takeover interest from giants like CVS (CVS). One Medical’s $199 annual subscription offers 24/7 access to… Source link

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Investors, consumers are pushing the health care industry to tackle health inequity: Deloitte

Investors, consumers are pushing the health care industry to tackle health inequity: Deloitte

Health inequity is costing the U.S. health system billions of dollars annually, and could reach $1 trillion by 2040, according to a new report from Deloitte. But, according to the report’s authors, there is one bright spot on the horizon. Boards of health companies are increasingly focused on addressing inequity. Health equity became a popular phrase during the pandemic and following the murder of George Floyd as calls grew to address systemic inequities in the U.S. For years, studies have… Source link

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Jared Cannonier does not care about Israel Adesanya’s or anyone else’s ‘bullsh*t’ talk before UFC 276

Jared Cannonier does not care about Israel Adesanya’s or anyone else’s ‘bullsh*t’ talk before UFC 276

LAS VEGAS – Jared Cannonier remembers the first time he met Israel Adesanya. It was Nov. 3, 2018, the night he defeated David Branch in his middleweight debut at UFC 230. Adesanya also fought and won earlier in the evening against Derek Brunson in just his fourth UFC bout. Both men got TKO finishes. Cannonier was already a fan of Adesanya’s at that point and afterward spoke with him backstage at Madison Square Garden. “I introduced myself to him and congratulated him on his fight,… Source link

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U.S. families face ‘exponential increase’ in child care costs: Care.com CEO

U.S. families face ‘exponential increase’ in child care costs: Care.com CEO

Child care is getting more expensive, putting even more financial pressure on American families at a time when they’re already paying more for groceries and gas. According to a recent survey from Care.com, nearly two-thirds of parents say child care costs have gone up in the past year. As a result, 59% are more concerned about how much they will spend on child care this year compared to previous years. “It’s eating up wallet share and doesn’t leave money for other goods,” Care.com CEO… Source link

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