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Published Wednesday, March 17, 2021 1:22PM EDT FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Amazon is making its first foray into providing health care services, announcing Wednesday that it will be offering its Amazon Care telemedicine program to employers nationwide. Currently available to the company s employees in Washington state, Amazon Care is an app that connects users virtually with doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses who can provide services and treatment over the phone 24 hours a day. In the Seattle area, it s supplemented with in-person services such as pharmacy delivery and house-call services from nurses who can take blood work and provide similar services. On Wednesday, the tech giant announced it will immediately expand the service to interested employers in Washington who want to purchase the service for their employees. By the summer, Amazon Care will expand nationally to all Amazon workers, and to private employers across the country who want to join.
Amazon Care is an app that connects users virtually with doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses.
Mar 17th, 2021
This artist rendering provided by Amazon shows the next phase of the company s headquarters redevelopment to be built in Arlington, Va. The plans released Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, features a 350-foot helix-shaped office tower that can be climbed from the outside like a mountain hike. Amazon is making its first foray into providing health care services, announcing Wednesday, March 17, 2021, that it will be offering its Amazon Care telemedicine program to employers nationwide.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) Amazon is making its first foray into providing health care services, announcing Wednesday that it will be offering its Amazon Care telemedicine program to employers nationwide.
by Wire, staff reports March 17, 2021 .
Amazon is making its first foray into providing health care services, announcing Wednesday that it will be offering its Amazon Care telemedicine program to employers nationwide.
Currently available to the company’s employees in Washington state, Amazon Care is an app that connects users virtually with doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses who can provide services and treatment over the phone 24 hours a day. In the Seattle area, it’s supplemented with in-person services such as pharmacy delivery and house-call services from nurses who can take blood work and provide similar services.
On Wednesday, the tech giant announced it will immediately expand the service to interested employers in Washington who want to purchase the service for their employees. By the summer, Amazon Care will expand nationally to all Amazon workers, and to private employers across the country who want to join.
It s the first time Amazon is being clear about wanting to deliver medical care beyond its own staff.
Amazon on Wednesday said it s rolling out its telehealth service in all 50 states for its employees starting starting this summer. It will also expand to other employers later this year.
In-person services of Amazon Care, like home visits by nurses, will be available in Washington state. It s planning to add in-person services to cities including Washington, D.C., its second headquarters, and Baltimore as well as other cities this year, the company said. Amazon Benefits has been the enterprise customer that we ve been serving to date. Now, looking at other enterprises, understanding their needs, we think a lot of the needs are similar,