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Big Tech aimed to disrupt health care. Big Retail may be better positioned to do so

  • Erin Brodwin

By Erin Brodwin Feb. 6, 2020

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Move aside, Big Tech.

If 2017 was the year technology giants like Apple set their sights on the $3.5 trillion U.S. health care market, 2020 is shaping up to be the year in which a new set of entrants join the race. Retail and telecom giants including AT&T, Best Buy, and Walmart are turning key assets like wireless networks, mobile workers, and foot traffic into health care tools.

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Erin Brodwin

Erin Brodwin

Health Tech Correspondent, San Francisco

Erin was a California-based health tech reporter and the co-author of the STAT Health Tech newsletter.

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