telehealth

Healthcare provider sitting near a window while wearing a stethoscope and looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 06:35 pm May 20, 2024
Virtual care company Teladoc may be facing another class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Teladoc investors who claim the company made false or misleading statements and failed to disclose that it continued to increase marketing spending, particularly regarding its mental health offering BetterHelp.   The lawsuit, Stary v. Teladoc Health, Inc. et al., was filed on May 17 in the U.S. District...
Healthcare provider wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around their neck while holding a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 12:58 pm May 9, 2024
Telehealth and medical transportation company DocGo reported a data breach in an SEC filing on May 7. The company stated it identified a cybersecurity incident in which consumers' protected health information was accessed and acquired regarding the company's U.S. ambulance transportation business.  The company said it took steps to contain and respond to the incident, and no other business lines...
Person talking with nurse on laptop
By  Trevor Dermody 03:46 pm April 29, 2024
Virtual care company Teladoc reported $646.1 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2024, a 3% increase from $629.2 million in Q1 2023. Its revenue from Teladoc Health Integrated Care increased to $377.1 million in Q1 2024, an 8% increase year-over-year, and BetterHelp revenue decreased 4% to $269 million.  The company posted an adjusted EBITDA of $63.1 million, a 20% year-over-year increase...
Person in lab coat talking with hands to nurse on laptop
By  Trevor Dermody 02:14 pm April 11, 2024
San Francisco-based AI-enabled ambient automation platform Augmedix announced it will be fully integrated into virtual care and communication organization Andor Health’s ThinkAndor platform.  AI-powered ThinkAndor enables virtual provider visits and patient monitoring and allows care teams to collaborate and gain insights from EMRs.  The partnership will enable physician notes to be created...
Healthcare provider sitting at a desk with a computer on it and a person on the screen
By  Jessica Hagen 04:53 pm April 5, 2024
Jason Gorevic, CEO and board member of telehealth platform Teladoc Health, is stepping down after 15 years leading the company, and Mala Murthy, the company's chief financial officer, is stepping in as acting CEO.  Gorevic's departure, effective immediately, comes after the company's stock plummeted 22% in February. It missed fourth-quarter earnings estimates and projected 2024 revenue to be...
Two people looking at notes
By  Trevor Dermody 11:08 am March 25, 2024
Midlife women’s health clinic Midi Health is teaming up with digital cognitive assessment company Neurotrack to help women determine whether brain fog symptoms are indicative of menopause or signs of severe cognitive impairment such as early dementia.  Midi Health clinicians will be able to send patients a Neurotrack cognitive screening that can be completed on a smartphone, tablet or computer....
man in chair with cane
By  Trevor Dermody 04:31 pm March 20, 2024
Tennessee-based insurtech provider Clover Health announced a partnership with mental and behavioral health platform Quartet Health, which will bring value-based behavioral healthcare to Clover members with severe mental illness through Clover Home Care.  Clover Home Care delivers care access, medication support, mental and physical care coordination, and community resources to seniors. Clover...
HIMSS panel with Gaurav Shivhare of CVS Health, Summer Blackerby of CoxHealth, Andy Molnar of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, and Jessica Hagen of MobiHealthNews
By  Trevor Dermody 10:22 am March 12, 2024
HIMSS24 preconference Virtual Care Forum, hosted by MobiHealthNews executive editor Jessica Hagen, brought together thought leaders, innovators and clinicians to discuss the latest trends in remote care delivery.  Highlights included Penni Kyte, digital care strategy officer at Ballad Health, discussing how the Tennessee-based organization used the example set by air traffic controllers to break...
HIMSS24 Virtual Care Forum
By  Jessica Hagen 11:16 am March 11, 2024
ORLANDO — After implementing a virtual video telemedicine model in Stanford Healthcare's emergency department, patients have provided more positive feedback regarding their experience than the standard emergency department, said speakers at the 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition preconference Virtual Care Forum on Monday. "Our journey began with COVID," said Patrice Callagy,...
A doctor reading a patient's chart while discussing it with another doctor on the phone
By  Adam Ang 01:08 am March 8, 2024
Magentus taps Google Cloud for genAI Magentus has engaged Google Cloud to help it build a "centralised and secure" foundation for customer data in the cloud, leveraging generative AI solutions and large language models. The health IT provider intends to assist clinicians in easily accessing information and simplifying the way they extract insights from complex, unstructured medical data, which...