Amazon One Medical: the beginning of a text-based TeleHealth revolution?
healthcare.digital December 21, 2024
Exec Summary:
Amazon One Medical is a healthcare service that offers a combination of in-person primary care and virtual care options.It aims to provide convenient and accessible healthcare to its members.
Amazon One Medical offers text-based appointments which are highly efficient because they are asynchronous and allow for a high level of automation, saving costly healthcare resources. Typically, this approach can meet up to 20% of primary care demand.
Amazon One Medical could be the beginning of a text-based TeleHealth revolution and here’s why:
Focus on Messaging: Amazon One Medical emphasises text-based communication with healthcare providers, making it more accessible and convenient for patients.
Pay-Per-Visit Model: The pay-per-visit structure removes the barrier of membership fees,...