'The move comes as Amazon has sought to cut internal health costs even as it’s continued to muscle into the growing health care market.'
soon after the announcement, who anticipated a shift toward virtual services, like Amazon Care.
The app is only available to Amazon employees who are on an approved Amazon health plan and live and work in the Seattle area. If you meet all of those requirements, you can “request an invitation to join” the program, according to the. People who want to use the app will also have to have a phone with iOS 12.0 or later, or Android 6.0 or later.
Once an employee signs up, they can either chat with a clinician over text or a video call, getting anything from advice to a diagnosis on the fly. If the nurse or doctor you’re chatting with thinks you need a closer assessment they can recommend something called Mobile Care, which will literally send a nurse to your home, office, or other spot in Seattle.
The app does not provide emergency care, and its services — which are mostly geared toward preventative or urgent care needs — are only available on weekdays from 8AM to 9PM, and weekends from 8AM to 6PM. Unsurprisingly for a company that acquired an online pharmacy, if your doctor or nurse prescribes medication through the app, they’ve got that covered, too: “Many prescriptions can be delivered to you within two hours. Others can be sent to your preferred pharmacy for pick up.”
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