Telehealth
Medici, developer of an app a mobile phone application that connects physicians and patients, acquired Chiron Health, a telemedicine company.
Patients and consumers today are looking for personalization, whether it be a custom treatment plan, medical device, payment option or care routine.
Patients who used telemedicine to check in with providers after vascular surgery demonstrated higher care satisfaction than peers discharged under normal care processes, according to a study published in Annals of Vascular Surgery.
The majority of providers indicate expanded reimbursement would accelerate their plans to use telemedicine, according to a Reaction Data survey.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has tapped OptumServe to provide veterans with new telehealth services in 2019.
Toby Cosgrove, MD, former CEO of Cleveland Clinic, told CNBC he foresees 2019 as the year telehealth becomes ubiquitous.
UPMC partnered with Giant Eagle, a large supermarket chain, to deploy telehealth service kiosks in the pharmacy area at several of its stores.
FirstCare Health Plans teamed up with MDLive, giving its members with access to a new telemedicine program.
Canopy Health, a physician- and hospital-owned medical alliance, partnered with American Well to leverage its web and mobile software development kit to provide telehealth services.
Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Hospitals for Children repurposed its telehealth technology to allow pediatric patients at four of its facilities to video chat with an off-site "Santa Claus" earlier this month.