Can Amazon fix Healthcare? Maybe

A recent blog post from Select International predicts the effects of Amazon's recent health alliance on the healthcare industry.

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Select International's website.

My friends and colleagues know that I’m a bit of a healthcare policy geek. I was a healthcare attorney who worked with various healthcare regulatory issues and followed legislative actions closely. Then I taught a graduate school class on the U.S. Healthcare system for a number of years. I often get dragged into deep discussions about our healthcare system’s challenges and potential solutions.

Not surprisingly, I received a bunch of texts and emails when it was announced that Warren Buffet, Jamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan, and Jeff Bezos of Amazon recently announced a health alliance to “disrupt the healthcare industry.” Given the industry’s challenges, people are naturally excited about the idea of the great minds of business applying their genius and resources to the problem.

The excitement is well-founded. They say they are approaching the problem without a profit motive. They’ll just look for solutions that improve the quality and efficiency of care delivery while reducing cost. These are titans of industry. This is their area of expertise, right?

Here are some areas where they have a shot to disrupt the industry, as well as some core challenges they will have trouble influencing. Click here to continue>>

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