Atrium Health patients can now use Alexa to schedule appointments
Charlotte-based Atrium Health is working with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) to allow patients to schedule appointments via Alexa, an artificial intelligence-driven personal assistant.
Patients can use Alexa to schedule appointments at Atrium's 31 urgent care locations in the Charlotte region. They can also hear wait times, hours and phone numbers of these locations. Alexa can pull up Atrium emergency department locations as well.
Users should say, “Alexa, open Atrium Health,” to gain access…
Canadian company that owns Ruskin cannabis farm acquired for $41.2 million
A Toronto global cannabis company completed its acquisition of the corporation that owns Ruskin-based 3 Boys Farms LLC in a $41.2 million cash and stock deal.
The July 2018 agreement between SOL Global Investments Corp. and CannCure Investments, a privately-held Ontario company that owns 3 Boys Farms, was partially satisfied with the release of 7.3 million common shares of SOL Global’s stock at $4 per share to CannCure on a proportional basis.
The terms of the acquisition say that if SOL Global…
San Diego health tech company bringing call center, 400 new jobs to SA
The finish-out of the new call center could be complete by mid-August.
Family’s CBD startup hits it big with a breakthrough order from a ‘major retailer’
The Tigard company will ramp up production from 30,000 units a month to nearly a half-million in the coming months.
Gov. Baker urges caution as health care execs explore artificial intelligence
As health care leaders and clinicians chomp at the bit to increasingly bring artificial intelligence into patients' lives, Gov. Charlie Baker says he is skeptical of the promises of the system, and urges the medical community to be careful of AI as it's developed and deployed.
Baker shared his thoughts at the first day of the Partners HealthCare World Medical Innovation Forum, an annual three-day event in Boston focused on different topics in health care.
Health care leaders met this year to discuss…
How JPMorgan Chase is addressing financial inequality, led by Columbus team
Thasunda Brown Duckett learned to play the piano when she was little, but picked up a whole different skill set in the process.
The daughter of parents who grew up in the segregated South, it was the sacrifices of Otis and Rosie Brown that brought her an early version of what financial wellness looks like when you're of modest means. A few extra dollars a month was the difference between staying in piano lessons and not.
Today, Duckett is CEO of Chase Consumer Bank, overseeing 50,000 employees…
What to expect from this year’s tax season
Tax season can be a tedious time, but this year, taxpayers have the added challenge of preparing their returns under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for the first time. The new law is full of surprises.
Despite lowering the tax rate on top-bracket earners, many wealthy individuals are now finding they need to pay more taxes because of the loss of itemized deductions. This, coupled with the need to pay any additional 2018 taxes due in April, are just some of the hurdles presented to taxpayers this…
LiveOak Venture Partners raises $105M for startup investments
Looking to invest $2 million up to $10 million in promising young entrepreneurs, the three co-founders of LiveOak Venture Partners are armed with a big new war chest. They plan to — mostly — stick with the winning strategy they've developed in the past six years.
Bank of America recruits ‘returning talent’ to the workforce
A San Francisco recruiter says BofA's program signals that it's getting easier for professionals to return to work after leaving the workforce for family reasons.
NC man accused of defrauding 18 banks — now the feds are after him
As the feds build their case against a North Carolina man accused of defrauding 18 banks in a credit scheme, they’re moving forward with plans to forfeit tens of thousands of dollars of his assets.