In a press release today, Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) announced its Medtronic Care Management Services (MCMS) business and American Well entered into a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership to enable a more complete telehealth solution focused on the unique needs of the complex, chronic, co-morbid patient population.
Under the terms of the agreement, the businesses will work together to enable patient access to American Well's telemedicine services on MCMS' video-enabled platforms, and to allow bi-directional data flow between the two parties. The telehealth solution will provide information from MCMS' remote patient monitoring to clinicians performing consultations using American Well's telemedicine capabilities, and enable information from these telemedicine visits to be included in MCMS' clinical management software. The partnership is designed to provide greater patient access to their care team, while improving clinician access to the critical information needed when making care decisions - especially as they evaluate opportunities for early intervention.
"We are thrilled to partner with American Well to provide an innovative, patient-centric solution to our customers," said Sheri Dodd, vice president and general manager, Medtronic Care Management Services. "Providing care to complex, chronic, co-morbid populations requires access to, and coordination between, multiple clinical specialties. Our work together will help clinicians gain a more complete view of a patient's health status when making care decisions, and will help ensure access to information from telemedicine interactions is available to the broader care team while the patient remains in their own home."
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