– Banner Health inks a 5-year partnership agreement with eVisit and VeeMed to enable ambulatory and acute virtual care services for their patients throughout the Southwest.
– Together, eVisit and VeeMed will provide a Banner-branded virtual care platform including software, mobile applications, and leveraging Banner hardware to operationalize Banner’s preferred approach to virtual care services.
Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country has selected eVisit and VeeMed to enable ambulatory and acute virtual care services for their patients throughout the Southwest. The five-year agreement will leverage the eVisit and VeeMed platforms to power Banner’s virtual urgent care, virtual primary care, virtual specialty care, tele-behavioral health, tele-stroke, and additional service lines.
Banner-Branded Virtual Care Platform
Together, eVisit and VeeMed will provide a Banner-branded virtual care platform including software, mobile applications, and leveraging Banner hardware to operationalize Banner’s preferred approach to virtual care services. The platform includes online and on-premise scheduling and intake, physician and patient portals plus mobile apps, video visits, integration with Banner’s Cerner electronic health records (EHR) software, and automated data analytics and reporting.
Why It Matters
“Virtual care is a critical component of our healthcare delivery strategy, giving patients the convenient, accessible healthcare they want,” said Jim Roxburgh, CEO of Banner Telehealth Network. “By standardizing virtual care services on the eVisit and VeeMed platforms across Banner Health, we can better meet patient needs, improve outcomes, and reduce costs. The fact that these platforms are non-competitive to Banner, preserving our network integrity, made the decision easy.”
Banner Health owns and operates 28 acute-care hospitals, Banner Health Network, Banner – University Medicine, academic and employed physician groups, long-term care centers, outpatient surgery centers and an array of other services; including Banner Urgent Care, family clinics, home care and hospice services, pharmacies and a nursing registry.
