Health system chief digital and innovation officers told Becker’s they’re impressed with Amazon’s Feb. 22 purchase of One Medical and they believe it spells good things for the future of healthcare.
“The acquisition of One Medical by Amazon should remove any lingering doubt that Amazon is serious about making a real and substantive move into healthcare as well as cementing the notion that any viable healthcare strategy must have at its foundation a robust primary care offering,” said Richard Zane, MD, the chief innovation officer at Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth.
Amazon completed its $3.9 billion deal for the primary care company a day after the Federal Trade Commission said it wouldn’t sue to block the sale (though the agency reported that it would continue to investigate possible harms caused by the merger). Read more.
