Tag: Best Buy Health
Current Health no longer part of Best Buy
June 30, 2025HME News Staff
BOSTON – Current Health, which was acquired by Best Buy in 2021, is once again an independent business under the leadership of CEO and Co-Founder Chris McGhee.
A number of other members of the company’s team, including Co-Founder Stewart Whiting, are also returning.
“We’ll be recommitting to our mission and building a world-leading organization with an integrated and intelligent solution for shifting more health care into home and community settings,”...
Best Buy says health strategy ‘remains viable’
June 6, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
MINNEAPOLIS – Best Buy remains committed to its health business, but parts of it are taking longer to scale than expected, company execs say.
Best Buy initiated a major restructuring effort within its health business in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, incurring $109 million in restructuring charges.
“The strategy of the health business is enabling care at home for everyone,” said CEO Corie Barry, on a recent call to discuss the company’s earnings....
Best Buy restructures health biz amid margin pressure
June 3, 2025HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS – Best Buy initiated a major restructuring effort within its health business in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, incurring $109 million in restructuring charges.
These charges primarily stem from asset impairments and related costs, signaling a strategic shift as the company navigates challenges in the health care market.
Best Buy’s growing footprint in health care
In recent years, Best Buy has expanded aggressively into the health care technology...
In brief: Best Buy restructures, McKesson spins off, BOC responds, women reign
June 2, 2025HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS – Best Buy initiated a major restructuring effort within its health business in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, incurring $109 million in restructuring charges.
These charges primarily stem from asset impairments and related costs, signaling a strategic shift as the company navigates challenges in the health care market.
Best Buy’s growing footprint in health care
In recent years, Best Buy has expanded aggressively into the health care technology...
Best Buy Health, Mass General Brigham partner on home care model
November 9, 2023HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS & BOSTON – Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham are collaborating to support a new model of healthcare delivery that serves patients at home. This technology-enabled clinical delivery model will expand access to Massachusetts residents choosing to receive acute-level hospital care in the comfort of their home. This collaboration will also help address one of the biggest challenges the healthcare industry faces today — workforce shortages. “More people than ever before...
In brief: Best Buy’s move, Quantum’s Roll Models, Amigo Mobility’s book
October 11, 2023HME News Staff
RICHFIELD, Minn. – Best Buy will sell the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) to eligible customers through BestBuy.com, where they'll transition to a new platform, Wellness.BestBuyHealth.com, to complete the process.
It’s the first time the electronics giant will offer prescription-based medical devices to customers.
“Through our health and wellness categories at Best Buy, we make it easy to purchase any of our thousands of carefully curated...
Best Buy cracks into prescription-based medical devices
October 10, 2023HME News Staff
RICHFIELD, Minn. – Best Buy will sell the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) to eligible customers through BestBuy.com, where they will be brought to a new platform, Wellness.BestBuyHealth.com, to complete the process.
It’s the first time the electronics giant will offer prescription-based medical devices to customers.
“Through our health and wellness categories at Best Buy, we make it easy to purchase any of our thousands of carefully curated...
In brief: Best Buy Health expands partnership, senators question ‘in the home’ requirement
September 20, 2023HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS and DANVILLE, Pa. – Best Buy Health and Geisinger will expand their work together to bring in-home care for patients with chronic conditions.
Beginning in July 2022, Best Buy Health and Geisinger began deploying specially trained Geek Squad Agents to deliver, install and activate remote care management devices in a program that now involves 300 Geisinger patients. While in the home, agents educate patients on the technology in their care plan, answer questions about...
Best Buy Health, Geisinger partnership ‘makes difference,’ execs say
September 18, 2023HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS and DANVILLE, Pa. – Best Buy Health and Geisinger will expand their work together to bring in-home care for patients with chronic conditions.
Beginning in July 2022, Best Buy Health and Geisinger began deploying specially trained Geek Squad Agents to deliver, install and activate remote care management devices in a program that now involves 300 Geisinger patients. While in the home, agents educate patients on the technology in their care plan, answer questions about...
As they say, watch this space
March 31, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
As we were working on the April issue, Best Buy Health announced a new partnership with Atrium Health to provide remote patient monitoring, telehealth and patient management technology for the health system’s hospital-at-home program.
It turns out Atrium Health, which reportedly has the largest such program in the country, is just the tip of the iceberg.
Best Buy Health’s care-at-home solution, Current Health, also has partnerships with five of the 10 largest health...