Becker's Healthcare December 1, 2022
Amazon is increasing its healthcare presence with its planned acquisition of One Medical and its new telehealth platform Amazon Clinic, but privacy experts are concerned about how the tech giant is going to handle protecting consumers’ health data, Wired reported Dec. 1.
The launch of Amazon Clinic comes after the company announced that it was planning to take over One Medical, a virtual and in-person primary care company with around 800,000 members. The acquisition was criticized by privacy professionals who voiced concerns about patient data privacy, as Amazon would have access to that data.
According to Debbie Reynolds, a data privacy and protection expert, at the very least, Amazon Clinic will be bound by HIPAA, which means individual patient...
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