Becker's Healthcare December 29, 2020
Laura Dyrda

Healthcare remained a big focus and opportunity for Amazon in 2020 as the tech giant made moves in the virtual care and pharmacy spaces.

There are also indications the company aims to expand its reach in primary care and further support hospitals’ data efforts. Here are 12 things to know about Amazon’s moves in healthcare over the past year:

1. Amazon partnered with CVS Health and Thermo Fisher Scientific Dec. 22 to promote employer-based COVID-19 testing as part of the national strategy to fight the pandemic.

2. Amazon is rumored to be making plans to expand the Amazon Care program, which launched in September 2019, to other large employers. Amazon Care was initially available to just Amazon employees in Seattle...

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