telehealth

Truemeds web portal
By  Adam Ang 10:55 pm April 26, 2022
Truemeds, a telehealth platform in India, has brought home $22 million in a Series B funding round led by WestBridge Capital.  Its existing investors, InfoEdge Ventures, Asha Impact and IAN Fund, also joined the investing round. WHAT IT DOES Through its propriety algorithms, Truemeds recommends alternative value medicines. Customers can get a free e-consultation after uploading their...
Milvik Health+ app
By  Adam Ang 04:41 am April 18, 2022
Swedish fintech and health company Milvik Bima has launched its mobile health app in Bangladesh. WHAT IT'S ABOUT According to a press statement, the Milvik Health+ app combines payment tools and e-commerce for healthcare.  It also has telehealth features that allow users to speak with their doctors and keep track of their appointments and follow-up calls. They can also access their medical...
A doctor in a teleconsultation with a patient
By  Adam Ang 11:18 pm April 4, 2022
Australian telehealth company Coviu has partnered with language services provider Ezispeak Health to provide on-demand access to language support via video telehealth. Available in over 300 languages, the integrated service instantly connects patients with their GPs and a National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters-certified translator.  According to a press statement,...
A close up of a woman holding a bottle of pills while talking to two providers via telehealth
By  Sanjula Jain, PhD 01:30 pm March 4, 2022
Over the last two years, there has been significant discussion around the impact of the COVID-19 crisis in accelerating changes in the provision of care, including tele-services and the home. As a result of the unprecedented increase in telehealth demand during the peak of the pandemic, health systems, payers, employers, new entrants and Wall Street financiers have aggressively pursued telehealth...
A woman talking to a provider using her tablet.
By  Emily Olsen 12:09 pm February 28, 2022
Though virtual care and telehealth have garnered plenty of headlines, relatively few Americans are using the modality, according to Trilliant Health's 2022 Telehealth Trends report.   The analysis, which focused on U.S. telehealth use between March 2020 and November 2021, found 25.6% of Americans accessed care using any type of telehealth (including video, audio-only, chat and other modalities)...
A father and daughter talking to a provider using a laptop
By  Emily Olsen 12:08 pm February 15, 2022
Though outpatient visits conducted through telehealth have declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth visits have remained elevated even as more patients return to in-person care, according to an analysis by Epic Research and the Kaiser Family Foundation. The brief, which analyzed visits from March 2019 to August 2021, found in-person outpatient visits during the first six...
Noah has gone live in Hong Kong
By  Adam Ang 11:17 pm February 14, 2022
Health tech firm Ordinary Folk from Singapore has introduced its online clinic for men, Noah, in Hong Kong. Noah is a telehealth service focused on men's sexual health. It offers a discreet and simplified process of seeking guidance and treatment for men's health-related issues, such as erectile dysfunction (ED) and premature ejaculation (PE). Users first have to fill out an online evaluation...
Desktop view of the Health Teams telehealth platform
By  Adam Ang 02:41 am February 14, 2022
ASX-listed ResApp Health has inked a two-year deal with Health Teams, a digital aged care platform, to launch its mobile diagnostic app on the latter's telehealth platform. ResAppDx is an app-based acute respiratory diagnostic test that uses machine learning to analyse cough sounds and diagnose respiratory diseases. Approved for use in Australia and Europe, the app can be integrated with...
Ada Health, funding, series B
By  Anna Engberg 05:22 am February 11, 2022
A $30 million (€26 million) extension has helped Ada Health to close its latest series B round at $120 million (€105 million). Among the new investors from Europe and the US are Farallon Capital, Red River West, Bertelsman Investments and Schroders Capital, the latter with an acquisition of vehicles. With the funding provided, Ada Health plans to expand into the US healthcare market. “Today’s...