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Vital Signs: Larry Van Horn on Amazon’s Entry into Healthcare

Aug 7, 2018
New series on healthcare kicks off with an open discussion about the issues facing U.S. healthcare, and where Amazon might be able to help

By Nathaniel Luce

Amazon is moving into the healthcare space through its partnership with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan, as well as its recent acquisition of PillPack. What does this mean for the healthcare industry? Should we be excited or alarmed?

Professor Larry Van Horn, the Executive Director of Health Affairs at Vanderbilt Business, talks about Amazon’s latest moves, the problem with innovation in U.S. healthcare, and more in the first installment of an ongoing series about all things healthcare.

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