Virtual primary care company TytoCare announced an exclusive partnership with Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System to provide virtual care services to the care provider's members and employees beginning in 2024.
The Israeli health tech company provides virtual care via its AI-enabled TytoCare Home Smart Clinic, which allows clinicians to conduct exams remotely.
Providers obtain real-time data...
Pennsylvania-based vitamin and supplement retailer GNC announced its healthcare division, GNC Health, is expanding its offerings to include virtual care services for individuals and families via three membership plans.
Consumers can purchase a GNC Health Basic plan for $34.99 per month, which offers unlimited access to free virtual urgent and lifestyle care and more than 100 prescription...
In 2019, I met with dozens of colleagues to discuss incorporating telemedicine into our practice. Almost all engaged politely with me. But afterward, very few acted. The subtext was clear: "We’re not interested." Their sentiment was quite typical. At the time, telemedicine accounted for a tiny fraction of U.S. clinical encounters.
In March 2020, this changed suddenly. In response to the pandemic...
As another year shaken by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic ends, stakeholders are still exploring how virtual care trends that accelerated in 2020 will affect the healthcare industry long term.
Though telehealth use spiked out of necessity during the early months and remains higher than pre-pandemic levels, utilization has slowed over the past two years. Meanwhile, big retail companies and...
The Medical University of South Carolina health system (MUSC Health) and Cleveland-based MetroHealth last week announced a partnership to launch a virtual and in-home care company.
The new non-profit, called Ovatient, is currently working with providers at the two health systems to build a technology platform supporting clinical workflow across virtual and higher-level care.
In a press release,...
Folx Health, which offers virtual healthcare services for the LGBTQ+ community, raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by 7wireVentures.
Others participating in the round include Foresite Capital and existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Define Ventures and Polaris Partners. As part of the financing, 7wireVentures Managing Partner Lee Shapiro, formerly chief financial officer...
Zócalo Health, a virtual healthcare service for Latino patients, raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by Animo, Virtue and Vamos Ventures.
Other participants in the funding raise include Necessary Ventures and Able Partners as well as Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi, social policy researcher and venture capitalist Freada Kapor Klein, Out-of-Pocket's Nikhil Krishnan and ORDRS CEO Erik...
Text-based virtual care company 98point6 announced Thursday it had raised more than $20 million to scale its new licensing offering.
The company also announced a strategic partnership with Washington-based MultiCare Health System, which will be the first to license the virtual care technology for its hybrid urgent and primary care service dubbed Indigo Health.
Existing investors participating...
Nearly half of respondents said they had participated in at least one virtual medical appointment in the past year, and more are satisfied with their experiences, according to Deloitte's 2022 Connectivity and Mobile Trends Survey.
The survey asked more than 2,000 U.S. consumers about connected devices, virtual experiences and how their use has evolved over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Healthie, which offers tech infrastructure for virtual care and digital health companies, raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Velvet Sea Ventures.
Other participants in the raise include Greymatter Capital, Watershed, Builders VC, a customer syndicate, and more than 60 angel investors.
The startup previously raised $1.9 million in pre-seed and seed funding.
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