Fierce Healthcare August 24, 2022
Three years after it began piloting a primary care service for its employees that blended telehealth and in-person medical services, Amazon plans to cease operations of its Amazon Care service.
Amazon announced Wednesday afternoon that it would end Amazon Care operations after December 31. In an email to Amazon Health Services employees, Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, said Amazon Care wasn’t a sustainable, long-term solution for its enterprise customers.
Amazon provided a copy of the email to Fierce Healthcare.
The decision only impacts Amazon Care and Care Medical teams and not Amazon’s other healthcare services.
While operating Amazon Care, the company “gathered and listened to extensive feedback” from its enterprise customers and their...