Abstract
Digital health technologies and health-care privatisation
Highlights
UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock described the National Health Service (NHS)’s deal with Amazon as part of a drive to make more NHS clinical services available digitally
The UK National Health Service (NHS) announced on July 10 that Seattlebased digital marketing giant Amazon has been contracted to deliver virtual health care to NHS patients—part of a pattern in which health information technologies are propelling the expansion of health-care privatisation in Brazil, Canada, India, Macedonia, the USA, and numerous other countries worldwide
“Technology like this is a great example of how people can access reliable, world-leading NHS advice from the comfort of their home,” explained Hancock, who owns a software company, in a press release when the deal was announced
Summary
UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock described the NHS’s deal with Amazon as part of a drive to make more NHS clinical services available digitally. The UK National Health Service (NHS) announced on July 10 that Seattlebased digital marketing giant Amazon has been contracted to deliver virtual health care to NHS patients—part of a pattern in which health information technologies are propelling the expansion of health-care privatisation in Brazil, Canada, India, Macedonia, the USA, and numerous other countries worldwide.
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