What You Should Know:
– Today at HLTH, Evernorth Health Services announced the acquisition of technology and clinical capabilities of Bright.md, a leader in asynchronous care, triage, and healthcare navigation services to enhance MDLIVE’s virtual care
– By using asynchronous technologies to allow patients to initiate care on their terms, without the need for real-time clinician interactions, the integration provides patients with convenient access to care while reducing costs and improving health outcomes.
Post-Acquisition Plans
As part of the acquisition, MDLIVE will initially begin to offer this within its virtual urgent care platform to clients and patients in 2024 for a wide range of prevalent conditions that make up more than half of urgent and primary care visits, such as rashes, urinary tract infections, and pink eye, and will later expand to support chronic disease management and wellness visits over time.MDLIVE is also enhancing its virtual primary care service to include health coaching for patients with chronic conditions. The health coaching program, powered by Welldoc®, is physician-prescribed and integrated into MDLIVE virtual primary care, enabling providers to keep patients engaged and supported in between visits and help manage lifestyle changes, such as weight management, healthy eating, physical activity, and sleep management.
