From Alexa to COVID-19 tests, Amazon expands healthcare aspirations in 2021
MobiHealth News December 16, 2021
Alexa made moves into health systems and elder care, a new Halo wearable was released and the Amazon Care virtual care service began its expansion this year.
At the very beginning of 2021, Amazon’s high-profile healthcare partnership with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, dubbed Haven, finally broke down.
The goal of the joint venture between some of the country’s largest and most powerful companies was to disrupt the healthcare industry, lowering costs and improving outcomes for their employees. The project shut down after only three years.
But that hasn’t kept the tech and retail giant out of the healthcare space. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to burden the system and change the way care is delivered, Amazon has...