AmWell
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
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.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
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.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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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.
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Consumer / Employer, Hospitals, SYN
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.
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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.
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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.
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers
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.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
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.
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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.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
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.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
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.
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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.
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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.
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Interoperability now needs to go beyond EHRs to include the larger digital health ecosystem
The next step in the evolution of interoperability will involve examining data flows in digital healthcare, according to panelists at the American Telemedicine Association’s annual conference. This includes looking into how data sharing will support telehealth, remote patient monitoring and programs involving wearables.
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Telemedicine, Employee Benefits, Health Tech
Analysis: Amazon enters telehealth, but competitors “will not go quietly”
Amazon is rolling out a telehealth service for other companies to offer as an employee benefit. But scale alone will not help it to unseat well-known telehealth brands in an increasingly competitive space.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
