US EditionAmazon Launching Prescription Drug Kiosks Amid Pharmacy Expansion
Amazon Pharmacy kiosks will enable patients to pick up prescriptions immediately after appointments, aiming to reduce unfilled prescriptions that currently total nearly one-third annually.
- Starting December 2025, Amazon is launching prescription kiosks at One Medical clinics across Greater Los Angeles, including Downtown LA, West LA, Beverly Hills, Long Beach, and West Hollywood.
- Amazon bought One Medical for $3.9 billion and is expanding healthcare amid pharmacy closures; Rite Aid closed all stores last week, CVS shut over 1,000 since 2021, and Walgreens 500 over the past year.
- After a visit, providers send prescriptions to Amazon Pharmacy for remote verification by licensed pharmacists, then patients scan a QR code in the Amazon app to receive medications from kiosks stocked with common drugs and access pharmacist consultations via video or phone.
- Nearly one-third of prescriptions go unfilled annually, and nearly half of chronic-condition patients skip medications; the kiosks let patients collect prescriptions immediately after appointments.
- Scaling nationwide will depend on regulatory approval, operational reliability, and privacy and patient-safety concerns from past One Medical incidents, as Amazon Health Services restructures this year.
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