Amazon is Attracting Multiple Firms to Telehealth Service

An executive of Amazon said that companies are getting attracted to using this service.  An event of Wall Street Journal was organized. The Amazon executive during the event said that Amazon healthcare has collaborated with many firms for providing telehealth service.

The consumer giant has set plans to roll out the telehealth service to all the 50 American states in the coming summer.The Amazon executive VP Babak Parviz speaking at the Wall Street Journal event, said the company had seen rising interest from many companies in using this service.The company is planning to expand the telehealth service nationwide in the coming few years, added Mr. Parviz.

The company makes telehealth accessible to the employees of other companies also. To use the telehealth service, they need to sign up and fill up the required details. Amazon entered the telehealth service industry earlier this year. The company is planning to expand its app-based telehealth services across the nation. According to Mr. Parviz, the service is a hybrid service, and the users in Washington state and in Baltimore and D.C. can access in-person healthcare. The access to in-person health service the users have to log in from the app, he said.

Parviz said the company is also planning to expand the service in other regions as well. Reports say the company is planning to launch an at-home testing service. The company earlier has invested hundreds of million dollars for Covid testing for employees.  The company has built its own test facilities, Mr. Parviz told while talking about the COVID-19 testing initiative.