From a nationwide telehealth rollout to lobbying Congress for home healthcare reimbursement, we detail Amazon’s most significant healthcare plays in 2021.

A look back at Microsoft’s bustling year in healthcare: From a multibillion dollar acquisition to new tech launches, we detail Microsoft’s 5 most significant healthcare plays in 2021.

It’s reportedly on a health tech hiring spree amid data practice controversies—but we think Big Tech’s difficulty in disrupting healthcare and waning consumer trust could hamper its healthcare impact.

Microsoft’s tie-up with Truveta could help it plant deeper roots in healthcare: Big Tech companies have had a hard time penetrating healthcare due to a lack of trust, but exclusive access to Truveta’s database backed by 17 prominent health systems could change that for Microsoft.

Are virtual clinical trials just as good as in-person? HumanFirst and Duke’s Clinical Research Institute are studying how clinical trials can best use remote monitoring tech—which starts to answer the big question of whether digital health tracking data is reliable enough to inform big healthcare decisions.

Google gets health data deal with a top dog provider: The Big Tech co linked up with HCA Healthcare to boost its health records—though this cracks open another chance for Google to lock in its hold in healthcare, it’ll still contend with patient privacy concerns.

This report explains the rise of tech-focused SDOH initiatives among US health insurers and hospitals, unpacks how these entities’ heavier focus on SDOH has ushered in opportunities for digital health vendors and tech companies operating at the periphery of healthcare to help address nonclinical health gaps, and lays out the factors driving the prioritization of SDOH and inhibiting these efforts’ growth.

Google dismantles Google Health as Big Tech struggles to get their health endeavors off the ground: We unpack why Big Tech firms are having trouble operating as health tech firms.

As banking companies focus on meeting heightened consumer expectations for personalized experiences, 2022 may be another record-breaking year. These players will need to weigh partnerships with encroaching Big Tech competitors.

Even as tech companies pour money into the metaverse, space-based connectivity, and more sophisticated virtual assistants, they’ll face more pressure.

Specialized disease management companies will continue to have a leg up over Big Tech in developing condition-specific mHealth apps. Big Tech companies are wild cards in the disease management app space. Apple Health and Google Fit, while designed for health and fitness, are more geared toward collecting and displaying external data than measuring it themselves.

Trend: Big Tech Makes Big Moves in Banking and Insurance. Tech giants will be undeterred by Google Plex’s surprise unravelling as they target the next most attractive opportunities in financial services after payments: banking and insurance.

Auto manufacturers, Big Tech companies, and new entrants are driving innovation in the connected car space. Auto manufacturers are changing their design and production processes in pursuit of the software-defined car. Big Tech is straddling hardware and software innovation, and startups are developing autonomous driving software.

Big Tech and government regulators set to clash over new merger guidelines: Industry lobbying and legal delays could outlast current crop of antitrust crusaders.

Did Google pay Apple to stay out of the search game? A new lawsuit claims so: Antitrust scrutiny heats up on Big Tech ballooning unchecked into trillion-dollar firms.