Managed Health Care Connect December 7, 2018
In 2017, First Report Managed Care asked a team of experts to analyze Silicon Valley’s foray into the health care space. Four of them offered their take where Amazon might fit in. Since then, the tech giant has been busy acquiring, partnering, and developing, its eye on a share of the $3.2 trillion heath care market. In June 2018 it spent $1 billion to acquire the online pharmacy PillPack.com. It has also struck a deal to embed technology into electronic medical records (EMRs) that directs patients to Amazon.com to purchase blood pressure cuffs, glucose monitors, and other durable medical equipment. And in November 2018, Amazon announced plans to sell software that will mine EMRs for information that it says will...