Amazon to Shut Down Amazon Care Health Unit

Amazon Inc. is closing its Amazon Care service as the company looks to retool its healthcare offerings following the purchase last month of a line of primary care clinics.

The technology giant Wednesday said it had decided to shut down the business by year-end because it didn’t offer a robust enough service for the customers Amazon is targeting. The unit has operated as an employee-based telehealth service that has also dispatched medical providers to patients’ homes.