Amazon Acquires Start-Up Health Navigator, Its First Health-Related Purchase Since PillPack
Author: internet - Published 2019-10-23 07:00:00 PM - (241 Reads)Amazon has just completed its second major acquisition in the health-care sector, confirms CNBC News , purchasing a start-up called Health Navigator for an undisclosed sum. Health Navigator, which specializes in providing technology and services to digital health companies, will join the online retail giant's newly launched Amazon Care group. Amazon Care is being touted as a medical benefit for Amazon employees and helps provide care virtually, via live chats and video visits, and with home visits from a registered nurse if follow-up care is required. Last year, Amazon acquired PillPack for $753 million to expand into the online pharmacy market.