Amazon is expanding its virtual healthcare clinic to all 50 U.S. states, the online retail giant said Tuesday.
The virtual clinic, which launched last November, is a marketplace that “makes it easy for customers to quickly get the care they need for more than 30 common health concerns like urinary tract infections, pink eye, and erectile dysfunction,” the company said. The service links customers to “licensed clinicians” who have contracts with Amazon to provide the virtual care.
“In addition to message-based consultations in 34 states, Amazon Clinic now supports video visits nationwide,” Amazon said in its announcement. “Amazon Clinic offers customers 24/7 access to clinicians directly through Amazon.com and the Amazon mobile app.”
The expansion of the virtual clinic comes just months after Amazon closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical, which gave the retail giant entrée into local community healthcare systems.
Across the country, One Medical operates more than 220 primary care offices in more than 28 U.S. markets. The sites include One Medical primary care offices, senior health offices specific for patients covered by Medicare, direct primary care clinics, and primary care offices for specific employee