What Recent Business
Relationships Tell Us About
The Future Of Telehealth
2020
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What Recent Business Relationships
Tell Us About The Future Of Telehealth
Covid-19 has drawn an unprecedented amount of attention to telehealth.
Between February and April, monthly telehealth news mentions tripled.
Meanwhile, investor interest in the space is picking up. Telehealth startups
have already raised $2.6B across 194 deals — on pace to set new funding
and deal activity records in 2020 ($6.6B across 490 deals).
An array of healthcare stakeholders
— from payers to providers to drug
developers — are increasingly joining
forces with telehealth companies to
expand access to “socially distant” care.
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What Recent Business Relationships
Tell Us About The Future Of Telehealth
At the same time, a wide range of healthcare stakeholders are forging
business relationships with telehealth companies to bridge gaps in
a challenging healthcare landscape and to minimize opportunities
for viral transmission.
More than 80 companies have established relationships with telehealth
companies so far in 2020. These relationships demonstrate the
expanding breadth of services that telehealth technology can provide.
Below, we look at some of these newly formed relationships — from strategic
partnerships to license agreements — and consider what they could mean for
telehealth going forward.
The highlighted business relationships are categorized by telehealth use case.
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What Recent Business Relationships
Tell Us About The Future Of Telehealth
Table of Contents
CARE NAVIGATION AND TRIAGE
Providers
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Insurance and benefits
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PRIMARY CARE
Providers
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Insurance and benefits
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