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Amazon Enables Digital Health Benefits Check for Chronic Conditions

January 8, 2024 - Amazon has taken its next step into healthcare, launching a new initiative to help connect healthcare consumers with digital health benefits for chronic conditions available through their employer or insurance plan. Called the Health Condition Programs, the initiative focuses on making it easier for healthcare consumers to identify and enroll in...

Amazon Offers One Medical Services as Prime Membership Benefit

November 08, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon is offering Prime members access to One Medical’s virtual and in-person primary care services as a membership benefit. For $9 a month, or $99 annually, Prime members can access on-demand...

Amazon’s Virtual Care Clinic Expands Nationwide

August 01, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon's virtual care clinic has launched in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., providing access to telehealth-based care for 30 common conditions. The technology giant launched Amazon Clinic as...

Report: Amazon Pauses 50-State Virtual Care Service Expansion

June 26, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon is holding off on a 50-state expansion of its virtual care clinic after receiving a letter from lawmakers expressing concern over its data privacy practices, according to a report from...

Oracle, Amazon Add New Virtual Care, Communications Capabilities

April 18, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Oracle and Amazon announced new virtual care and communications offerings at the HIMSS 2023 conference. Oracle has expanded its partnership with Zoom to add telehealth capabilities within Oracle...

Amazon Completes One Medical Acquisition

February 22, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon has closed its much-anticipated $3.9 billion acquisition of virtual and in-person primary care organization One Medical. The deal adds 188 in-person locations and virtual care options to...

Oregon Health Authority Approves Amazon-One Medical Merger

January 03, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has approved Amazon's plans to acquire One Medical, a virtual and in-person primary care organization, for $3.9 billion. After conducting a 30-day preliminary...

Amazon Launches Messaging-Based Virtual Care Service

November 15, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

A few months after announcing plans to shutter its telehealth business, Amazon has launched a new virtual care clinic. Called Amazon Clinic, the message-based service is currently available in 32...

FTC Probes Amazon’s Purchase of Virtual, In-Person Care Provider One Medical

September 06, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested additional information and documentary materials from Amazon and One Medical as it reviews the planned merger between the two companies, according to a...

Amazon to Shutter Telehealth Business Amid Plans to Buy One Medical

August 24, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

Just one month after sharing plans to buy One Medical, Amazon announced it will close its Amazon Care telehealth business by the end of 2022, according to an internal company memo shared with...

Amazon Poised to Disrupt Virtual Care For a Niche Few

August 17, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon set the healthcare world abuzz last month when it announced its plan to purchase virtual and in-person primary care organization One Medical for nearly $4 billion. The latest in a string of healthcare moves made by Amazon this year,...

How Best Buy Plans to Facilitate Provider-Patient Connections to Further RPM

August 05, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

Over the past decade, several high-profile technology and retail companies have made inroads into the healthcare industry. Among these new entrants is a nearly 60-year-old retailer: Best Buy. Though Best Buy remains a prominent consumer...

Amazon to Buy Virtual, In-Person Primary Care Provider One Medical for $3.9B

July 21, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

Amazon has announced plans to buy virtual and in-person primary care organization One Medical for $3.9 billion, or $18 per share, in an all-cash transaction. One Medical is membership-based, providing...

Teladoc, Amazon Partner to Enhance Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth

February 28, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

Teladoc Health has partnered with Amazon to launch voice-activated access to virtual care using Alexa-supported devices. Through Amazon Alexa, which can be accessed via Echo devices like Echo, Echo...

Amazon Enhances Alexa for mHealth Platforms in Hospitals, Senior Homes

October 26, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

Amazon is ramping up its connected health platform with new services designed to expand Alexa’s capabilities in healthcare organizations and senior living facilities. Offered through the Alexa...

Amazon Announces Nationwide Telehealth Platform, Open to Other Businesses

March 17, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

Amazon has announced the nationwide launch of its telehealth platform, with plans to expand the service from its own employees to other companies. The Washington-based retail giant announced today...

Amazon Adds Drug Information to its mHealth Platform for Alexa

March 03, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

A new mHealth partnership will give Amazon Alexa users detailed information on the drugs they’re taking, adding a new dimension of care management to digital health assistants. Amazon announced...

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