Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou reveals an astonishing tale of deceit by an egomaniac founder, and describes the threatening and bullying tactics used to try to silence whistleblowers, with devastating financial and personal consequences to those daring to speak the truth.
The Four is an eye-opening pathway into understanding just how influential and gargantuan Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are in our lives. As much as we may express cynicism or distrust, the vast majority of Americans and a significant portion of the world give these companies access to our most private thoughts, our attention, our wallets, and our relationships.
Amazon has been almost constantly innovating in different areas for years. Now they have set their sights on healthcare. Read about how our Disruption Junction Palooza session this summer took on scenarios for this giant - and how health plans and hospitals are rating patient comfort levels with Alexa’s new Skills Kit.
As the shift toward value-based reimbursement encourages health care systems to take on more risk for the care of populations, the lines between payers and providers are blurring (and becoming more complex to administer and measure), and new opportunities are developing for partnership and collaboration.
