Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday announced the launch of Amazon Clinic, which provides message-based virtual care to get treatments for common medical conditions like allergies, hair loss, and urinary tract infections in 32 states. It will also offer birth control and refills on hypertension drugs, in addition to other prescriptions. It's the latest Amazon venture into the U.S. healthcare system following the acquisitions of PillPack (now called Amazon Pharmacy) in 2018 and direct primary-care provide Read More...
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After mothballing Amazon Care, Amazon reenters tele-health with Amazon Clinic, a marketplace for third-party virtual consultants
The ink is not yet dry on Amazon’s $4 billion acquisition of OneMedical, but in the meantime, the online services giant is making one more move into telehealth, and into medical services overall, on its own steam. The company today is taking the wraps off of Amazon Clinic, which Amazon describes as a virtual health “storefront”: users can search for, connect with and pay for telehealth care, addressing a variety of conditions that are some of the more popular for telehealth consultations today. Amazon Clinic is initially launching in 32 states in the U.S. It does not work with health insurance and this point, and overall pricing will vary depending on providers, conditions and location.
