Health Tech Jul 14, 2021• By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Stealthy telehealth startup Wheel just closed a $ 50M series B and CEO Michelle Davey is here to reveal the mystery behind the company’s very behind-the-scenes approach to selling white-label virtual care. The business model is built on a network of clinicians that Wheel has… Read More »
The Federal Communications Commission will soon move to issue a final order for its new $ 100 million Connected Care Pilot Program, which is intended to boost the use of telehealth for underserved patient populations. In July, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requesting public comment on the initiative aimed at cost savings… Read More »
Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. patients’ most-trusted source of coronavirus information. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP, the Academy of… Read More »
Dive Brief: Physician adoption of telehealth shot up 340% from 5% to 22% between 2015 and 2018, a new American Well survey of 800 physicians shows. Doctors’ willingness to use the technology grew during that same period from 57% to 69%, driven by the desire to improve access, reduce burnout and improve patient outcomes according… Read More »