Brooke LeVasseur, CEO of AristaMD
An introduction to asynchronous, or store-and-forward, as a modality of telehealth
As our healthcare system continues to innovate in order to meet demands and improve the delivery of value, various telehealth solutions have emerged and been implemented to increase efficiency, access to, and quality of care. Telehealth is a broad term encompassing “a collection of technology-based means or methods to enhance healthcare delivery and education.” As
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Cloudbreak Health Lands $10M for Unified Telemedicine Platform to Fuel Growth
- Cloudbreak Health raises $10M in funding from Columbia Partners Private Capital to expand its telehealth footprint.
- The company plans to use the funding will advance Cloudbreak Health’s operations and product innovations as it looks to expand nationwide throughout 2020.
Cloudbreak Health, LLC,
(“Cloudbreak”), a leading unified telemedicine
and video medical interpretation solutions provider, today announced it has
secured a $10 million investment from Columbia
Partners Private
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Maven Raises $45M to Expand On-Demand Virtual Care for Women’s & Family Health
- Today, Maven, a women’s and family digital health company, announced it has raised $45 million in Series C funding led by Icon Ventures and including investments from Reese Witherspoon and Natalie Portman.
- Maven’s women’s and family telemedicine network expanded rapidly to include 1,700 providers across more than 20 specialties – filling in critical gaps in care.
- The company also announced the launch of Maven Wallet: a new feature to help members better manage receipts and expenses
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XRHealth Launches First Virtual Reality TeleHealth Clinic
- XRHealth launches first virtual reality telehealth clinic that will provide VR therapy to patients.
- New VR Telehealth Clinic Certified in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Delaware, California, New York, Washington D.C., and North Carolina and is Covered by Medicare and Most Major Insurance Providers.
XRHealth,
formerly known as VRHealth, the leader in extended reality and therapeutic
applications, today announced the first virtual reality telehealth
clinics that
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AMN Healthcare Acquires VRI Provider Stratus Video for $475M
- AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. acquires Stratus Video, a leading provider of video remote language interpretation services for the healthcare industry for $475M. - The acquisition will help AMN Healthcare expand in the virtual workforce, patient care arena, and quality medical interpretation services delivered through a secure communications platform. AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., the nation's leading innovator in healthcare talent solutions and staffing services, today announced a definitive
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BioIntelliSense Awarded FDA 510(k) Clearance for On-Body Sensor for Scalable Remote Care
- BioIntelliSense announces FDA clearance of the BioSticker, the first single-use medical device enabling 30 days of continuous vital signs monitoring. - The FDA-cleared BioSticker medical device is designed to be discreetly worn on the upper left chest for effortless remote data capture and a simplistic “stick it on and forget it” patient experience. BioIntelliSense, Inc., a continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence company, today announces the U.S. commercial launch of its
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Teladoc COO Shares 5 Virtual Care Predictions to Watch in 2020
David Sides, Chief Operating Officer at Teladoc Health
- Teladoc Health’s COO David Sides gives a glimpse of what the future holds as more consumers tap into virtual care.
Forget face to face, healthcare is moving into cyberspace—albeit not as fast as one would like. Yes, there is no question that the interest in virtual care is growing swiftly. However, the adoption of virtual services has been somewhat slow; only about 10 percent of healthcare consumers have used such services,
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Banner Health Expands Ambulatory & Acute Virtual Care Services to Patients
- 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
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Teladoc Health Acquires Virtual Care Platform InTouch Health for $600M
- Teladoc Health announced this morning it will acquire InTouch Health, the leading provider of enterprise telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems for $600M.
- The acquisition establishes Teladoc Health as the only virtual care provider covering the full range of acuity – from critical to chronic to everyday care – through a single solution across all sites of care including home, pharmacy, retail, the physician office, ambulance, and more.
Teladoc
Health, Inc., a
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Time’s Running Out: Why Providers Must Adopt Telehealth in 2020
Michael Morgan, CEO of Updox
Sometimes life just gets in the way. Work schedules, family obligations, and unforeseen circumstances can make going to the doctor an inconvenience rather than a helpful necessity. It’s not uncommon for patients to forget or intentionally skip appointments, cancel unexpectedly, or even put off scheduling necessary follow-up visits.
But patients don’t have to neglect their healthcare just because of a hectic work schedule or a last-minute meeting. Telehealth is
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