The Amazon Biosphere in downtown Seattle with Amazon employees playing broomball in 2017. Amazon has launched a pilot program to directly administer health-care services to many of its nearly 54,000 Seattle-area employees and their families. — The Seattle Times/TNS
SEATTLE: In its most direct foray yet into the US$3.8tril (RM15.93tril) medical sector, Amazon has launched a pilot program to administer health care services to many of its nearly 54,000 Seattle-area employees and their families.
An app, called Amazon Care, provides on-demand chat and video consultations with medical professionals and enables users to schedule in-person visits with clinicians at patients' homes or offices. Payment for the service routes through Amazon.com.
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