Amazon adds a new business - healthcare services

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This won't hurt a bit: Amazon now a US healthcare provider

Amazon's $3.9 billion deal to buy its way into the healthcare world is complete, as it and US healthcare chain One Medical on Wednesday announced the consummation of a merger the pair have been working on since 2022.

Form 10-K annual report. Amazon can also now access the health data of One Medical's approximately 836,000 patients.that One Medical's current CEO, Amir Dan Rubin, would remain at his post, and that the company isn't planning any layoffs as a result of the acquisition. "If you fast forward 10 years from now, people are not going to believe how primary care was administered," JassyThe announcement comes a day after the US Federal Trade Commission decided it had no objections to the deal, but will keep an eye on things at Amazon and One Medical.

One obvious application for the data is marketing medical products and services, which is regulated by the USA's Department Of Health and Human Services .

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