Amazon is launching pharmacy kiosks at One Medical clinics to streamline prescription access, but experts question the model’s scalability, accessibility and long-term viability.
Teladoc Health has joined Amazon's Health Benefits Connector. Other companies offered through the program include Hinge Health, Rula, Talkspace and Omada.
Richard Fu details the company's approach to nutrition therapy and strategy for patients using GLP-1s.
Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz has some predictions about how healthcare will change in 2025 — including the rise of cash-pay services and the potential restructuring of Amazon’s healthcare assets.
Hinge Health is the first musculoskeletal care provider to be added to Amazon’s Health Condition Programs.
It’s been a tumultuous past couple years for retail health companies —but there are still reasons to believe in the convenient model that retail health offers, said Annie Lamont, managing partner and co-founder of Oak HC/FT.
Here are nine notable announcements shared at the HLTH conference held this week in Las Vegas.
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
Retailers aren’t giving up on healthcare — but they are trying to be more strategic in their efforts to disrupt the space. As these companies re-strategize, experts think they need to center their efforts on building trust and fostering long-term patient engagement.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Amazon has eliminated “a few hundred” jobs across Amazon Pharmacy and One Medical, the company confirmed to MedCity News Wednesday. While some may believe this could lead to Amazon leaving healthcare, one industry expert said that would be an "overly simplistic" takeaway.
This year's J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference brought a bevy of news announcements — from acquisitions to partnerships to new products and more. This list compiles short summaries for seven of the event’s most notable announcements.
How Apella leverages technology to increase OR efficiency.
Amazon launched a new initiative to help connect people to digital health benefits that they may not know are available to them. Omada Health is its first partner. CEO Sean Duffy said his company stood out from the many other virtual diabetes care companies out there because about 20 million Americans — many of whom shop on Amazon — are eligible for Omada's programs.
It’s easy to oversimplify and say, “These big tech companies are now doing healthcare and they’re going to solve everything.” But the reality is that often, the solutions are not going to come from big tech.
Prime members can now get a One Medical membership for $9 a month or $99 a year. The benefit provides access to 24/7 on-demand virtual care through One Medical’s app. But health experts are split on whether the move will improve access to care.
Amazon Pharmacy is now offering a drone delivery service for prescription medications in College Station, Texas. The service is free and allows patients to receive their medications within 60 minutes.
In order for health systems to “not be commoditized fully,” they need to collect data to know their patients’ behaviors better and build stronger relationships with them, argued Sara Vaezy, Providence’s chief strategy and digital officer. Consumer brands like Amazon have been doing this for years so they can deliver personalized experiences to their users, and it's time hospitals take a page out of their playbook, she said.