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Google Hires AliveCor Chief Medical Officer For Its Health Initiative

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) has hired medical device maker AliveCor Inc's chief medical officer Jacqueline Shreibati to be a part of the Google Health initiative, CNBC reported on Tuesday. Shreibati, ... Read More...

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has hired medical device maker AliveCor Inc’s chief medical officer Jacqueline Shreibati to be a part of the Google Health initiative, CNBC reported on Tuesday.” data-reactid=”18″>Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has hired medical device maker AliveCor Inc’s chief medical officer Jacqueline Shreibati to be a part of the Google Health initiative, CNBC reported on Tuesday.

Shreibati, a Stanford University School of Medicine graduate, will join the health team led by David Feinberg and report to Google’s chief health officer Karen DeSalvo.

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="The cardiologist will contribute to Google's health research efforts, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. Shreibati, in her LinkedIn profile, says that her role will focus on "health economics" and "outcomes research."” data-reactid=”20″>The cardiologist will contribute to Google’s health research efforts, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. Shreibati, in her LinkedIn profile, says that her role will focus on “health economics” and “outcomes research.”

“Thanks [AliveCor] for incredible experiences with [digital health], [medical device] regulation and reimbursement, and [machine learning]. I’m very excited to join an ambitious and growing team at [Google Health,]” Shreibati said on LinkedIn.

Shreibati served as the vice president of medical affairs at AliveCor until she was promoted in February to replace the company’s co-founder David Albert as the chief medical officer.

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="AliveCor competes directly with Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google’s recent acquisition Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT) in the healthcare wearables market.” data-reactid=”23″>AliveCor competes directly with Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google’s recent acquisition Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT) in the healthcare wearables market.

Shreibati is unlikely to work directly with Fitbit immediately, CNBC noted, as Google’s deal with the company is currently facing a Department of Justice investigation.

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