At the JPM Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Amazon announced the launch of its new Health Condition Programs, which allow customers to tap into digital health benefits offered through their employer or insurance carrier, with chronic care management company Omada Health as the company's launch partner.
Amazon aims to help individuals access digital health tools that can help them manage...
Amazon's hybrid primary care provider One Medical announced partnerships this week with Hackensack Meridian Health to improve access to care for New Jersey residents, CommonSpirit Health's Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to increase care access to Seattle residents and the Health Transformation Alliance to expand care options for employers.
One Medical, which Amazon purchased for $3.9 billion...
Maven Clinic, which offers virtual care geared toward women and families, announced it is partnering with Amazon to provide the retail giant's employees access to its fertility and family-building support services.
The New York-based digital reproductive health and family platform offers fertility and family planning services, pregnancy and postpartum care, and parenting and pediatric support....
Employee-focused care navigation and pharmacy benefits platform Rightway is partnering with hybrid primary care provider One Medical to expand access to primary care for employees.
Rightway offers an enterprise healthcare platform that helps employees understand and utilize the health benefits available to them. Users can see both costs and care options available in their plan. The company also...
Amazon announced it would close its Halo division. It is notifying employees in the U.S. and Canada of layoffs and telling Halo users that the device and app will no longer function as of August 1.
Amazon Halo is a wrist-worn health tracker with an accompanying app that uses health metrics designed to give users a comprehensive look at their health and wellness and to provide actionable...
At HIMSS23, Florida-based BayCare Health System announced it had deployed Amazon's Alexa voice assistant at its newest hospital, Wesley Chapel, which opened its doors last month.
Craig Anderson, director of innovation at the health system, explains what Alexa Smart Properties does at BayCare's hospitals, how it affects provider workload and what the health system has learned from implementing...
As more patients avoid primary care while retail chains and virtual care players push into the space, panelists at ViVE 2023 discussed the future of preventive medicine and whether digital health could improve access.
Ali Parsa, CEO and founder of digital health firm Babylon, said more primary care options are a positive for the healthcare system. The problems are "too vast" for one group to...
Amazon Pharmacy is partnering with a slew of pharma companies to offer a new feature that automatically applies manufacturer-sponsored coupons to a patient's medication order when eligible.
The tech giant's online pharmacy said it's working with GSK, Kaléo, Novo Nordisk and Dexcom to integrate coupons for their brand-name drugs, including COPD or asthma inhaler Trelegy; AUVI-Q, an injection for...
Amazon Web Services on Monday announced the 23 startups that will participate in the latest round of its healthcare accelerator.
The four-week program is focused on digital health tools that aim to address workforce challenges, including retaining healthcare workers, deploying clinicians to new sites of care, and training or upskilling for providers.
The startups in the latest cohort include: ...
Last month, two large retail and pharmacy companies made big moves in healthcare delivery: Amazon completed its purchase of One Medical, and CVS Health announced plans to buy Oak Street Health.
The deals aren't unexpected, said Christopher Lis, managing director of global healthcare intelligence at J.D. Power. More than 31 million people are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, key...
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