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title: Amazon Moves Into Healthcare with Alexa Prescriptions
description: One year after purchasing online pharmacy PillPack, Amazon is working to integrate prescription refills into Alexa smart device functionality.
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# [Amazon Moves Into Healthcare with Alexa Prescriptions](https://www.nationalinvestornetwork.com/technology/amazon-moves-into-healthcare-with-alexa-prescriptions)

 Written by [Samantha Joule Fow](https://www.nationalinvestornetwork.com/technology/author/samantha-joule-fow) | Dec 4, 2019 3:12:41 PM

One year after purchasing online pharmacy PillPack, Amazon is working to [integrate prescription refills into Alexa](https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/26/amazon-launches-medication-management-features-for-alexa/) smart device functionality.  

Amazon appears to be making a serious foray into healthcare with Amazon Care. Last month, the company added to its healthcare portfolio with the acquisition of Health Navigator, a startup that creates software for internet healthcare services. Amazon also recently entered into a joint venture with JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway launched to lower the costs of healthcare for the companies’ workers.

“As we say at Amazon, it’s still Day 1 for Alexa and healthcare—we look forward to continuing to innovate on behalf of customers,” wrote Alexa’s Rachel Jiang in a blog post announcing the new integration.

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