What’s Driving the Consumerization of Healthcare?
Patients increasingly expect convenient, consumer-focused healthcare experiences, panelists said at the recent MedCity INVEST Digital Health Conference.
Patients increasingly expect convenient, consumer-focused healthcare experiences, panelists said at the recent MedCity INVEST Digital Health Conference.
Teladoc Health is expanding its 24/7 urgent care service to treat more conditions while improving care coordination, prevention and medication affordability.
April has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, AdventHealth and DexCare both named new CEOs, and Crozer Health and UNC Health have undergone CEO exits. There were also layoffs at organizations including Aetna, Sanford Health and Caribou Biosciences.
Teladoc Health has joined Amazon's Health Benefits Connector. Other companies offered through the program include Hinge Health, Rula, Talkspace and Omada.
Through an expanded partnership with Teladoc, HealthJoy is providing access to virtual primary care services for the first time. The company already offers employers services for areas including mental health, nutrition and musculoskeletal therapy.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, departures and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
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The new app allows users to seek all of Teladoc's services — such as primary care, mental health and chronic condition management — in one spot. It is also offered in both Spanish and English.
MedCity News interviewed CEOs of public companies, entrepreneurs, VCs and payers at the HLTH conference that concluded last week. They had a range of answers to the question. But one common theme emerged: Currently, everyone has a vise-like grip on expenditure.
Hospitals and health systems must take a comprehensive and proactive stance to protect themselves from emerging competition in telemedicine and shore up operational practices.
With the recent disclosure of its Q2 financial results, Teladoc’s losses have swelled to nearly $10 billion in the first half of 2022. Ali Parsa, CEO of competitor Babylon Health, said Teladoc can look at what Amazon did 20 years ago as an example of how to navigate an unforgiving economic environment, recommending the company reorganize its expenditures to ensure capital is allocated to areas that will differentiate it from its competitors.
Teladoc Health announced Wednesday that it is expanding the services offered under its virtual primary care platform. The new offerings include care coordination support and health plan in-network referrals, as well as same-day medication delivery and on-demand home phlebotomy services. It's unclear how these expanded services fit into the company's strategy to bounce back from its first quarter financial losses and battered stocks.
Omada got funds from two new investors - Fidelity Management & Research Company and aMoon as well as existing ones. Verily's Onduo is bringing its virtual diabetes management platform to an integrated care delivery and health plan that has 6 million members in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, and New York.
A leader in telemedicine, Teladoc's stock is on a slide. But company leaders expect that investors will come around as the company continues to grow, gain customers and retain existing patients.
After a busy year for digital health, four experts shared their predictions on which sectors will see the most M&A, and which companies are likely to get together in the future.