In an effort to expand its healthcare offerings following the acquisition of One Medical, Amazon launched its new service for virtual medical clinics on Tuesday.
The Amazon Facility administration intends to assist patients with normal circumstances like sensitivities, skin break out, and going bald.
In a statement, the company said:Through a secure portal, patients in 32 US states will be able to use the service to send messages to their doctors and search for treatments and prescriptions for common conditions.
Among many other options, patients can look for birth control methods, get treatment for urinary tract infections, dandruff, and migraines.
Amazon said that the service doesn't take health insurance at the moment. However, customers can use their insurance to help pay for medicines that a licensed doctor has prescribed through the platform.The business added:In addition to the Amazon Pharmacy, prescriptions can be issued by any pharmacy.
Customers use the Amazon Clinic by choosing a provider and then selecting the condition they want to discuss.They will contact a doctor via a secure messaging platform after completing the questionnaire to respond at the client's convenience.Then Amazon stated:Before contacting the service provider, customers will be informed if the case is not suitable for treatment.
The business stated that the initial consultation would include two weeks of reviews and that, in many instances, the cost would be less than or equal to the average cost of the inspections.
It is interesting to note that Amazon's virtual clinics were announced approximately three months after the company said it would shut down another telehealth service, Amazon Care, by the end of this year.The program, which began as a pilot for employees in 2019, offered paid nurse home visits for tests and vaccinations as well as virtual urgent care.
In an email announcing the closure, Amazon Care's president of health services, Neil Lindsay, stated that the service "wouldn't work for the long term" and "wasn't a complete enough offering for the large enterprise customers we were targeting."
Some lawmakers and regulators are concerned about how sensitive information is used and protected by Amazon's healthcare projects."strict privacy policies for customers, and complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and all other applicable laws and regulations," the company stated in its announcement regarding Amazon Clinic.
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