Renee Dua and Nick Desai —the husband-and-wife duo who founded physician house call company Heal in 2014 — have launched another healthcare startup. The company, called Together by Renee, said it is the first app to use generative AI to manage time-consuming healthcare tasks for older patients, those with chronic diseases and their stressed-out caregivers.
Nick Desai, the co-founder and CEO of Heal, announced he would step down on Tuesday. Scott Vertrees, an advisor to the company, will become the company’s new CEO.
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The deal will provide the company's house-call service to members of a health plan operating as a joint venture between Sutter Health and Aetna.
The Los Angeles-based startup positions the new offering as building on the existing relationships between patients and physicians established through its house call model.
Los Angeles, California-based Heal recently expanded its service area to Atlanta through a partnership with insurer Aetna.
Through a new integration with Apple Health Records, the company's physicians are able to access a patient's medical history with the Heal OnCall iPad app, speeding up the data sharing process and better informing decisions by the care team.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Among the services it hopes to add in the coming months are an in-home IV service and prescription delivery.