Becker's Healthcare May 1, 2023
Amazon Clinic, Amazon’s new virtual care offering, gives Amazon access to complete patient files and tells users that their health information “may be re-disclosed” during sign-up, The Washington Post reported May 1.
During a users’ sign-up process for Amazon Clinic, patients must consent to their information possibly being re-disclosed, according to the Post. In addition, Amazon Clinic’s website mentions that if patient information is redisclosed, it “will no longer be protected by HIPAA.”
Amazon Clinic, which asks users to enter personal information such as photographs of conditions, could use health information for other purposes such as marketing, although the Post report found no evidence it is doing so.
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