Teladoc Health is expanding its 24/7 urgent care service to treat more conditions while improving care coordination, prevention and medication affordability.
As patient expectations evolve, the healthcare industry must evolve with them. This means the tools, processes, and technology involved in care delivery must adapt, too.
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
Communication with patients should be a top area of focus as urgent cares look to develop their marketing strategies, tailored to each generation they are trying to reach, with an eye toward relieving unnecessary demand on emergency departments.
Crowded EDs will continue to plague the healthcare ecosystem and prevent the efficient delivery of care if the structure and education of care, resources, and availability are kept the same. UC can step in with its well-equipped and trained staff so that EDs can focus on what they do best, care for life-threatening situations.
I invite insurance companies to engage in meaningful dialogue with urgent care providers to understand the challenges they face and explore fair reimbursement models that reflect the value they bring to patients.
PM Pediatric Care's funding round was led by Scopia Capital and included participation from Jefferson River Capital. In total, the company has raised more than $140 million, said Steven Katz, co-founder and co-CEO of PM Pediatric Care.
CEO and neuroscientist Dr. Iftach Dolev on how the new device can bring a powerful tool to psychiatrists and neurologists alike.
In a series of interviews, two Teladoc Health physicians and a therapist offered a window into a day in the life of delivering virtual care.
Patients can now find and book urgent care appointments in 22 states at more than 200 facilities on Zocdoc's marketplace. In 2023, the company saw the volume of new urgent care facilities on Zocdoc grow by nearly 40% month over month on average and urgent care bookings grow by 80% month over month on average.
Not everyone who visits an urgent care will seek primary care services, but the ability for clinics to provide PCP services on an as-needed basis is a massive value-add for all stakeholders - be it providers seeking to bolster their financial positions or patients who are suffering from provider shortages in primary care.
Solv has added direct real-time booking to Solv Connect, its marketplace for same-day and next-day healthcare appointments. This announcement decouples Solv Connect from the company’s other software offering, Solv Experience, which is its practice management platform. The first customer the company is announcing for its new-and-improved Solv Connect offering is Carbon Health, a network of primary care and urgent care clinics.
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
Private equity’s expanding presence in urgent care and the consolidation of the industry raise concerns about the quality and affordability of care, according to a recent report. It argued that the industry should be wary about this ownership trend, as private equity firms could cut staff, push costly procedures and strip out assets from providers.
The acquisition enables primary and urgent care provider Carbon Health to remotely monitor patients' vitals and intervene when needed. The move follows Carbon Health's purchase of diabetes platform Steady Health — its first major foray into home-based care.
The startup, founded by several former Trulia executives, builds software to help healthcare providers with administrative tasks, including scheduling, registration and price transparency.
The company is buying two urgent care chains in Tuscon, Arizona and Sacramento, California. It now has 83 clinics in 12 states, as it looks to go toe-to-toe with other primary care competitors.
No matter where you sit in the ambulatory continuum, whether primary care, a specialist, or urgent care operator, you will face challenges with new digital-first competitors.