Becker's Healthcare September 30, 2021
Hannah Mitchell

Amazon has ramped up its healthcare initiatives, placing a distinct focus on expanding its hospital offerings.

Six health initiatives announced since Sept. 27:

  1. Amazon rolled out three healthcare-related updates to its Amazon Halo wearable device to improve user access to vitals data and nutritional health.
  2. It revealed three new capabilities available to hospitals via Amazon Connect, a feature on Amazon Web Services’ cloud. Hospitals now can send automated texts and emails requesting a patient to confirm upcoming appointments, among other capabilities.
  3. Amazon Web Services is committing $40 million...

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