Amazon’s disruption binge continues with potential opening of primary care clinic at Seattle headquarters

Healthcare Finance News August 9, 2018
Beth Jones Sanborn

Amazon’s tidal wave through healthcare industry continues as company is in talks to open primary care pilot clinic for select employees.

Amazon’s tear of disruption in the healthcare industry continues, as the retail giant is reportedly planning to open primary care clinics for employees in its Seattle headquarters.

CNBC cited people familiar with the matter and reported that Amazon’s plan is to hire a small group of doctors to run the pilot clinic for a “select group of employees” and then expand access to the facility to more workers in early 2019.

The ecommerce giant previously had entertained outsourcing its clinics, even bringing in vendors to make proposals, but eventually decided to keep the operation in-house, the report said.

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