In the last few years, the healthcare industry has witnessed an explosion in both popularity and profits in a new sector of business. Thanks to the conditions brought about by the pandemic, telemedicine is now an increasingly popular format for diagnosing and treating a variety of conditions.
Just a few years ago, the telemedicine market had a size of about $42 billion. However, the industry’s growth rate experienced a remarkable surge, and the market size is now projected to reach a
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FemTech: Amazon Offers Free Virtual Fertility & Family-Building Support to Employees Globally
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Amazon announced that it is providing free virtual fertility & family-building as a benefit through Maven Clinic to its employees in 50 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Through this femtech benefit, all full-time, part-time and hourly employees in these countries and their partners have free access to Maven Clinic’s virtual fertility and family-building platform spanning preconception, egg freezing, IUI and IVF,
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Amazon Clinic Expands Virtual Health Nationwide
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Today, Amazon Clinic announced it is now available to customers in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., offering more people easy access to licensed clinicians for virtual care.Amazon Clinic is a virtual health care marketplace available to adults 18-64, that connects customers to third-party, licensed clinicians to help manage common health conditions like urinary tract infections, pink eye, and erectile dysfunction.
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Henry Schein Medical & Medpod Launches Portable Telediagnostic Solution
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Henry Schein Medical, the U.S. medical business of Henry Schein, Inc., and Medpod Inc. launches Medpac – a lightweight, portable telediagnostic solution that allows health care providers to offer comprehensive professional care regardless of location, helping to bridge the gap between remote telemedicine consultations and in-person office visits. Exclusively distributed by Henry Schein Medical, Medpac is suitable for a range of applications, including
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UnitedHealthcare Offers 24/7 Virtual Visits At No Additional Cost
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UnitedHealthcare eliminates out-of-pocket costs for 24/7 Virtual Visits for eligible members enrolled in applicable fully insured employer-sponsored plans, starting July 1st. For UnitedHealthcare members enrolled in eligible fully insured plans, the coverage enhancement becomes available upon renewal and for newly effective plans, enabling more people to take advantage of $0 24/7 Virtual Visits.
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M&A: Florence Acquires Virtual Care Solution Zipnosis
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Florence, an innovator in healthcare enablement software, announced today its acquisition of Zipnosis, an asynchronous-first virtual care solution that creates efficiency for clinicians while making quality care more accessible and affordable for patients. Through this acquisition, Florence will broaden its product offerings with synchronous and asynchronous virtual care and further their mission to create a consumer-centric interface that
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HealthSnap Secures $9M for Remote Patient Monitoring Platform
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HealthSnap, a Miami-based remote patient monitoring platform for chronic disease management raises $9M in funding led by Asclepius Growth Capital, an SPV founded by David Jahns, a managing director of Galen Partners, and Steve Cashman, CEO of Caption Health and former CCO of InTouch Health, as well as new strategic investments from current business partners UnityPoint Health and Tampa General Hospital. Existing stockholders Florida Funders and MacDonald Ventures also
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Included Health Launches Virtual-to-Home, Care Model
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Included Health announced a new partnership with a national provider of high acuity and complex in-home care, DispatchHealth to launch a new virtual-to-home, care model.Included Health and DispatchHealth will supplement care that begins online with on-demand, in-home support. This augmented offering will activate the home as a setting to treat everything from common to complex injuries, illnesses and disease, and offers great promise when it comes to reducing
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TELUS Health Launches Total Mental Health
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TELUS Health launches Total Mental Health - an innovative solution that provides employees with access to a team of care professionals who will curate personal care journeys with continuous mental health counseling, therapist led iCBT programs, digital tools, assessments, and ongoing tracking and feedback.Accessible by employees through their company’s health benefits, Total Mental Health leverages TELUS Health’s world-leading technology to offer a one-stop app
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DEA Extends COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for 6 Months
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Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued the “Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications” – a temporary rule that extends telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).· The temporary rule will take effect on May 11, 2023, and extends the full set of telemedicine flexibilities
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