Does Amazon have answers for the future of the NHS?

Does Amazon have answers for the future of the NHS?

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/24/alexa-nhs-future-amazon-artificial-intelligence-healthcare

The technology behemoth is preparing a move into the healthcare market, but critics fear profit will come before patients and privacy

Enthusiasts predicted the plan would relieve the pressure on hard-pressed GPs. Critics saw it as a sign of creeping privatisation and a data-protection disaster in waiting. Reactions to news last month that Amazon’s voice-controlled digital assistant Alexa was to begin using NHS website information to answer health queries were many and varied.