Mr. Barthelemy is a Marine Corps Reserve veteran who founded one of the world’s first telehealth companies in 2002, inspired by his veteran father’s difficulty accessing treatment in a rural area. He has since empowered nearly 100 million telehealth consults in more than 60 countries. He designed a fully integrated virtual health platform combining software, integrated devices and virtual care delivery stations to support the entire continuum of care, ranging from low-acuity video visits to high-acuity, specialty and complex care scenarios. Today, the program powers some of the world’s largest and most advanced digital health programs, including the White House Medical Unit, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Health Agency. The platform holds authority to operate on U.S. Department of Defense networks through military-grade security and has connected patients to expert care in severe disaster zones, on military battlefields, in Antarctica research stations and in caves 100 feet underground. One recent accomplishment under his leadership was a partnership with the Colombian Armada and an Indigenous organization to integrate digital health programs with tribal systems to tackle geographic barriers and health disparities in Native American communities. Another was an update to GlobalMed’s eNcounter software, with AI innovations spanning image recognition, triage and ambient listening. A fellow of the American Telemedicine Association, Mr. Barthelemy consults with government leaders across the world on connecting vulnerable patients to quality care through digital health, and also serves on the AZ Telehealth Committee and The Salvation Army-Broward board. He received the AZ Veterans Hall of Fame “Copper Eagle Award” in 2025, was recognized as EY “Entrepreneur of the Year” at the regional level, and has appeared three times on the “Inc. 500” list, reaching No. 95 overall and No. 7 in healthcare.
