Amazon to wind down healthcare service for businesses

Amazon Inc plans to shut down its virtual healthcare service by the end of this year, the retailer said on Wednesday, as a deal to buy a rival provider awaits regulatory approval.

Company executive Neil Lindsay told staff that Amazon Care, which lets business customers offer digital or at-home doctors’ visits to their personnel, had shortcomings despite the retailer’s efforts.

“It is not a complete enough offering for the large enterprise customers we have been targeting, and wasn’t going to work long-term,” he said in the message, which the company shared with Reuters.