virtual care

Telemedicine use has declined since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providers can rethink how they use telehealth to get the most out of the modality and improve care.

Sanjula Jain, senior vice president of market strategy and chief research officer at Trilliant Health, discusses the future of virtual care and how emerging retail players will affect the industry.

The health systems say the virtual and in-home care company, called Ovatient, will provide more convenient offerings and a connection to higher-level care when needed.

The virtual care startup for LGBTQ+ patients will also use the investment to expand its recently launched enterprise offering.

The startup will use the seed funding to launch services in California, Texas and Washington this year.

The company also announced Washington-based MultiCare Health System will be the first to license its tools for Indigo Health, the health system's hybrid urgent and primary care service.

According to Deloitte's survey, 49% of respondents said they'd attended a virtual medical appointment as a patient in the past year, while 26% said they'd been to a virtual visit where another person was the patient.

The company previously raised $1.9 million in pre-seed and seed funding.

Also: Virtual ketamine therapy company Nue Life Health brings in $23 million in Series A and debt financing, and Source Health launches out of stealth with a $3 million seed.

Gastrointestinal-care startup Oshi Health raised $23 million in Series A financing last year.