Internal memo: Amazon will stop offering Amazon Care at the end of 2022, after determining that it wasn't “the right long-term solution” for enterprise clients
Amazon will stop offering its Amazon Care primary health-care services at the end of this year, according to an internal memo …
GeekWire Todd Bishop
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People who work at Amazon Care learned the news in a meeting on Wednesday, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they signed nondisclosure agreements. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@jackwestmd
H. Jack West
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Surprised to see $AMZN throw in the towel so quickly. Many could have told them health care will take more than a brief trial campaign to overhaul. Amazon to shut down its telehealth offering - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... #GoogleAlerts #Telemedicine
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“This isn't the end. This the beginning” in earnest of Amazon's healthcare strategy one source tells me; another sign Neil Lindsay is eying $SGFY to go after the fast-growing Medicare Advantage market. Details via @annierpalmer https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@ceodonovan
Caroline O'Donovan
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Amazon Care signed a deal with Hilton to provide health care to its more than 100k employees less than a year ago. Now Amazon is shutting the whole thing down, saying it didn't create enough value for enterprise customers. https://twitter.com/...
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Amazon Care has half a dozen corporate customers including Hilton, Silicon Labs, Precor, and Amazon-owned Whole Foods. Workers were told the service was shutting down because those customers did not see the value in the service, one of the people said. https://www.washingtonpost.…
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@chrissyfarr
Christina Farr
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Scoop here from @geekwire on Amazon Care shutting down, per an Internal Memo. My speculative comment is that it was inevitable after the One Medical buy-up. Too much awkward overlap here. Makes sense & I don't think it's indicative of much else. https://www.geekwire.com/...
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@toddbishop
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Even considering the overlap with Amazon's pending One Medical acquisition, the decision to end Amazon Care is a surprise. Our story includes the full internal memo: https://www.geekwire.com/...