Amazon yes reach an agreement to buy primary care company One Medical for $3.9 billion. The provider offers in-person care at locations across the US, but perhaps Amazon is more interested in digital and virtual care. The companies say One Medical makes it easier for people to “schedule appointments, renew prescriptions, access up-to-date health records and improve health outcomes.”
One Medical aims to “make quality care more affordable, accessible and enjoyable.” It has 767,000 members, like CNBC notes, with 188 medical offices across 25 markets. The acquisition is subject to One Medical’s shareholder approval and other closing conditions. One Medical CEO Amir Dan Rubin will remain at the helm once the deal closes.
According to Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, Amazon believes that “health care is on the list of experiences that need to be reinvented.” “We love inventing to make things easier, and we want to be one of the companies that dramatically improves the healthcare experience over the next few years,” says Lindsay. – a powerful approach to health care, we believe we can and will help more people get better care, when and how they need it. “
Over the past few years, Amazon has made a notable push into the healthcare market. It launch an app-based health service for its employees in 2019, which later Open for more companies. It also has a pharmacy service dispense prescriptions to Prime users within two days. The company opened Amazon Pharmacy two years after bought online pharmacy PillPack. Last year, it announced a version of Alexa for healthcare providers.
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