3 Recent Hospital/Vendor Telemedicine Partnerships

Hospitals and health systems have been increasingly partnering with health IT services vendors to expand their telemedicine offerings.

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The following partnerships were announced in the past month:

Cleveland Clinic and Healthspot
Cleveland Clinic entered into a partnership with health IT firm HealthSpot to offer telemedicine kiosks in a variety of nontraditional locations, expanding access to care.

Children’s Specialized Hospital and VGo
Mountainside, N.J.-based Children’s Specialized Hospital implemented the use of a VGo robot that allows physicians to interact with patients with special needs and complex medical conditions 24 hours a day, even when the physicians are away from the hospital.

Allegheny Health Network and DermatologistOnCall
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network partnered with DermatologistOnCall to provide remote dermatology consults. Patients can now meet with a dermatologist virtually and receive a diagnosis and treatment plan in less than three days.

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