Healthcare DIVE February 25, 2019
Rebecca Pifer

Healthcare Dive met up with Taha Kass-Hout at HIMSS to chat all things Amazon and health IT.

When ex-FDA chief health informatics officer Taha Kass-Hout joined Amazon as its senior leader in healthcare and AI, some saw his appointment as proof the retailing behemoth could be dealing with regulatory issues or zeroing in on digital health.

Amazon has remained largely mum about its overall designs in the space, though a solidifying foray into pharmaceutical delivery with PillPack and a troika with J.P. Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway to lower healthcare costsraise the veil somewhat.

Amazon’s health IT efforts are a bit more clear. The company wrapped up 2018 with an expansion of its HIPAA-eligible AI services and the introduction of...

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