Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending November 22: Amazon launches online pharmacy offering, South Africa's health patient registration system, patient photos in EMRs, telehealth in EMRs, telehealth convenience, virtual outpatients, tech supports early discharge for COVID patients, home testing for COVID, virtual care digital literacy, poor NHS interoperability
With pharmacy debut, Amazon unlikely to ‘blow up’ prescription pricing
MedCity News ~ Elise Reuter ~ 17/11/2020
Two years ago, when Amazon acquired online pharmacy PillPack for $753 million, it hinted at plans that the retail giant might enter the pharmacy business someday soon. Now, Amazon is showing its hand.
