Telehealth

Pharmacist interacting online
By  Anthony Vecchione 03:38 pm May 2, 2025
Serve You Rx, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), is collaborating with Amazon Pharmacy to offer home delivery services for maintenance medication to its members. Serve You Rx members will have access to online transactions; transparent, upfront pricing; automatic refill options; 24/7 access to clinical pharmacists; customer care support; and free same-day home delivery of prescriptions in some...
Responders move a patient on a stretcher inside the ambulance
By  Adam Ang 07:58 pm April 8, 2025
The mobile application for medical emergency services in South Korea has been refreshed after over a decade. Launched in 2014, the Ministry of Health and Welfare's 129 app now has new features to quickly book and access virtual consultations with health counsellors.  It has introduced sign language-based video consultations, which people with speech and hearing difficulties can make a reservation...
Patient interacting with healthcare professional via smart phone
By  Anthony Vecchione 11:38 am March 25, 2025
Evinova, a clinical trial technology company, is partnering with Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) to integrate Evinova’s remote patient monitoring (RPM) offering into I-SPY 2.2, a platform trial that provides a framework to study multiple novel therapeutic treatment arms for women with newly diagnosed, locally advanced breast cancer.  A platform trial is a clinical trial design that...
Inflight telehealth station
By  Jessica Hagen 01:00 pm March 24, 2025
Airline Emirates, a flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates, announced it is partnering with French telehealth company Parsys Telemedicine to offer inflight virtual medical services to passengers in "telemedicine stations" aboard aircraft.  Emirates has invested more than $2.4 million in co-designing telemedicine stations, which include high-definition video conferencing capabilities, secure...
Vuno and Coreline Soft officials in their partnership signing
By  Adam Ang 08:24 pm March 23, 2025
Vuno invests $2M, sells lung AI in Japan to rival Vuno has invested in and sold its lung disease diagnosis AI technology in Japan to its rival Korean company Coreline Soft. The two companies recently entered into a strategic partnership to jointly raise their competitiveness in the growing global medical imaging AI segment.  Vuno invested 3.4 billion won ($2.3 million) in Coreline Soft, to which...
A doctor using a laptop for a virtual consultation
By  Adam Ang 09:07 am March 17, 2025
Medibank now owns telehealth platform Medinet ASX-listed private health insurer Medibank has completely acquired telehealth company Medinet.  The company initially made a A$10 million ($6 million) investment in the latter in 2022.  "The team at Medinet has some incredible capabilities in health system interoperability which will be pivotal to the connected experiences that we know will have a big...
Healthcare provider on a computer talking to someone
By  Jessica Hagen 12:44 pm February 28, 2025
New York-based virtual care company Teladoc Health reported its 2024 full-year revenue and Q4 2024 financial results, noting a 1% decrease year-over-year in 2024 revenue at $2.569 billion, compared to $2.6 billion in 2023.  The company reported a 3% decrease in Q4 2024 revenue at $640 million from Q4 2023 revenue of $660.5 million.  Teladoc's net loss was $1 billion in 2024, compared to $220...
A doctor on screen guiding a patient measuring their blood pressure remotely
By  Adam Ang 11:19 pm February 27, 2025
HCF now offers remote heart monitoring with Ramsay Health insurer HCF has started offering remote heart monitoring service for patients dealing with heart failure. It recently tied up with Ramsay Connect, Ramsay Health Care's community, home, and remote care joint venture with Remedy Healthcare, to offer two million HCF members access to the Virtual Heart Failure Service.  The service hooks...
ORA offers hybrid telehealth service for weight management
By  Adam Ang 09:27 pm February 25, 2025
In recent months, the Singaporean government has cracked down on erring providers of telemedicine in the country. It was revealed at the start of the year that eight providers were being investigated for improper practice and false advertising – and one already had its license to offer outpatient services revoked.  Amid this growing scrutiny, telehealth company ORA launched what could be...
Person interacting with a healthcare professional via a telehealth visit
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:26 pm February 14, 2025
Kyruus Health, a care access platform, is partnering with Abundant Health Acquisition (aha!), a health experience company, to integrate Kyruus Health's care access platform with aha"s "low-code/no-code" platform directly within a health system's digital experience platform.  The two companies aim to deliver data-driven patient access that includes a data foundation for seamless patient access. ...