Becker's Healthcare February 27, 2024
Giles Bruce

Health system digital leaders told Becker’s that Amazon’s $3.9 billion deal for One Medical, which was completed one year ago this month, has already “changed the landscape” of healthcare and altered the way hospitals do business.

Amazon acquired the hybrid primary care company in February 2023, furthering its bid to disrupt healthcare by giving it more than 200 clinics and a mature virtual care platform. The tech giant has since launched One Medical for Prime — offering Amazon Prime members unlimited virtual visits for $9 a month — and integrated its new healthcare company with Amazon Pharmacy.

“From the outside, it seems to be going well,” Nigam Shah, PhD, chief data scientist at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care, told...

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