Amazon Prime shipping containers stack up at the Port of Seattle in advance of the 2021 holiday season. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Will consumers order up healthcare through Amazon Prime as easily as they stream The Boys or buy an Echo speaker? That’s one question raised by Amazon’s planned $3.9 billion acquisition of One…
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A new regulatory filing details Amazon’s behind-the-scenes talks for One Medical, leading up to the Seattle tech giant’s agreement to acquire the primary care company for $3.9 billion, announced by the companies July 21. The filing confirms that Amazon wasn’t alone in bidding for One Medical. Identified only as “Party A” in the filing by…
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Amazon Care’s app. (Amazon Care Image) Almost 400 workers based in Washington state will be laid off as a result of the company’s decision to shut down its Amazon Care primary healthcare services. Email alerts from the state’s Employment Security Department revealed that 159 workers will be laid off from Amazon Care. Another 236 people…
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One Medical offers tech-enabled healthcare. (One Medical Image) As Amazon makes bigger moves into healthcare and turns its efficiency machine on medicine, some experts say the industry could change in big ways. “It’s the start of Amazon climbing a mountain,” said Derek Streat, a health technology veteran and CEO of Seattle healthcare software startup DexCare….