Google’s parent-company Alphabet has a birth to announce: a new company called Intrinsic which will focus on building software for industrial robots. The subsidiary will be one of Alphabet’s “other bets” — relatively speculative firms focusing on new technology like Waymo (self-driving cars), Wing (delivery drones), and Verily (healthcare and biotech). Details on what exactly…
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How Will HCA Healthcare & Google Partnership Improve Next Generation Healthcare?
HCA Healthcare recently announced a new multiyear strategic partnership with Google Cloud focused on analytics-driven process improvement and digital transformation. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Why It Matters The partnership between the cloud giant and Nashville-based HCA, with its 186 hospitals and 2,000 ambulatory sites nationwide, is aimed at building “next generation…
Telangana Government Unveils Draft Blockchain Policy. Proposes New Blockchain District
The Telangana Government has released its draft Blockchain policy and stated that it is likely to be finalised and implemented in a month. The finalisation would make the State the first in the country to have its own Blockchain policy. The policy aims to catapult Hyderabad to one of the top 10 ‘Blockchain Cities’ of…
How Blockchain is Transforming Healthcare Cybersecurity
In 2017, there were at least 477 healthcare data breaches reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or the media, affecting 5.579 million patient healthcare records. These breaches cost approximately $408 per record — more than 2.75 times the global average across industries. Partially in response to this ongoing issue, healthcare…
How Amazon Rattles Other Companies
Amazon’s ambitions have few limits, and the mere specter of its entry into a particular industry can shape markets. When the company has appeared interested in expanding into a new business, it has spooked investors in potential competitors, leading to large sell-offs. The most recent example: Amazon, along with JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, announced…
Fortis Healthcare BUY Research Report by Motilal Oswal
Possibility of three-step value unlocking According to media reports, IHH Healthcare Bhd, Asia’s largest private hospital operator, may announce acquisition of a controlling stake in Fortis Healthcare Ltd (FORH) and SRL Diagnostics. In this note, we have evaluated the possibility of a three-step value unlocking in FORH: 1) IHH/private equity buying a controlling stake in…
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