Data showing a person Theelectronic medical record industry has gone through a huge growthspurt driven by government mandates and incentives. (Image:Shutterstock)

While concerns about Amazon.com Inc. have weighed onmedical distributors like Cardinal Health Inc., companies streamlining medical records data such asUnitedHealth Group Inc. may not face such a threat.

Amazon.com Inc. plans to mine patient data to bolster medicalsupply sales via its online pharmacy and to help find patients forclinical trials, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.Yet shares of UnitedHealth Group, which highlighted its machinelearning platform platform at an investor day yesterday, aretrading near a record high.

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