Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
How Do We Know If Digital Mental Health Solutions Are Effective?
There are several ways to know if a digital mental health solution is working, including whether it has proven clinical outcomes or if it's improving access to care, executives said during a panel discussion.
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Survey: 85% of Employees Don’t Use Their Mental Health Benefits
More than half of employees said they don’t have mental health benefits in their benefit package or aren’t sure if they do, according to a new survey. About two-thirds of respondents said they would use a digital mental health benefit if it was offered to them.
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Why Amwell’s CEO Isn’t Completely Discouraged By Its Stock Price
Amwell CEO Roy Schoenberg thinks the stock market has adopted a rather simplistic view of telehealth over the past year, reducing the care modality to a pandemic-era trend in which patients are no longer interested. But Schoenberg pointed out that providers are still committed to virtual care. Because of this, he thinks his company is in a better position to raise its stock price than others because it is partnering directly with providers to evolve telehealth delivery models.
How Transcarent Is Expanding Access to Expert Second Opinions
Transcarent recently announced a partnership with The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic, which provides second opinions from medical specialists via video visits. Now Transcarent members can access The Clinic’s services as a benefit, which means they won’t face any out-of-pocket costs in most cases.
Reducing Clinical and Staff Burnout with AI Automation
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Does the Rumored Amwell/Talkspace Deal Make Sense? Experts Weigh In
Some industry experts seem skeptical of the rumored deal between Amwell and Talkspace, while others disagree. The rumored purchasing price is $200 million at about $1.50 per share.
LG, Amwell Launch New Healthcare TV Kit to Fight Burnout and Workforce Shortages
LG launched the first solution to come from its collaboration with Amwell. The product, called the Carepoint TV Kit 200L, is in beta testing but will soon be sold to hospitals to help clinicians virtually connect to patients’ rooms. Powered by Amwell’s Converge platform, the product is aimed at helping clinicians more easily engage with patients amid healthcare's workforce shortage crisis.
Competing in the age of telemedicine
Hospitals and health systems must take a comprehensive and proactive stance to protect themselves from emerging competition in telemedicine and shore up operational practices.
Analysis: What CVS Health’s interest in primary and home care means
An expert industry observer said CVS Health's move into primary care is both offensive and defensive, but perhaps more importantly a natural evolution of a company with such a large healthcare footprint.
Health Executives on Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
Amwell CEO on MedCity Pivot Podcast: Sometimes “we are punished” for biz models that have nothing to do with our approach
In a wide-ranging discussion, Amwell Chairman & CEO Ido Schoenberg expressed frustration at being lumped together with other telehealth companies that have very different approaches and business models. But he was also very optimistic about the category overall.
Amwell’s SilverCloud Health unveils digital mental health resources for families at HIMSS
The company rolled out new programs, content, interactive tools and videos aimed at addressing family mental health. The offerings seek to fill in gaps in mental healthcare to ensure children and parents get the help they need.
Amwell CEO at ViVE: Health providers, not consumers, will drive telehealth adoption
In a sit-down interview, Roy Schoenberg said the fixation on consumer behavior around telehealth misses the bigger story. He thinks provider adoption and integration of telehealth will drive greater use, setting Amwell apart from direct-to-consumer telehealth providers like Teladoc.
Amwell to scoop up SilverCloud Health, Conversa Health for $320M
The acquisitions will expand Amwell's virtual care offerings and client base, with SilverCloud Health bringing digital behavioral health programs to its roster and Conversa Health adding text-based patient communications.
Telehealth boom expected to flatten, according to new report
A new report by Trilliant Health shows that demand for telehealth services is expected to decrease or remain flat across the U.S. In the meantime, telehealth companies are making more modest projections for the year as competition ramps up.