Company:American Well

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Short description: American telemedicine company
Amwell
TypePublic
IndustryHealthcare
FoundedJune 2006; 18 years ago (2006-06) (as American Well)
FoundersIdo Schoenberg
Roy Schoenberg
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Area served
United States
Key people
Muneer Satter, investor
ServicesMobile and web patient-to-physician teleconferencing
RevenueIncrease $149 million (2019)[1]
Number of employees
700
Websitewww.amwell.com

Amwell, formerly known as American Well, is a telemedicine company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that connects patients with doctors over secure video.[2] Amwell sells its platform as a subscription service to healthcare providers to put their medical professionals online and its proprietary software development kits,[3] APIs, and system integrations enable clients to embed telehealth into existing workflows utilized by providers and patients.[4]

Amwell has roughly 700 employees[5] and has raised more than $500 million from investors,[6] including Anthem, Philips, Allianz and Teva Pharmaceuticals, with the goal of connecting patients to healthcare providers remotely.

The company operates in all 50 U.S. states and works with 55 health plans, which support over 36,000 employers and collectively represent more than 80 million covered lives, as well as 240 of the nation's largest health systems, encompassing more than 2,000 hospitals.[7] In 2020, over 40,000 providers are using the Amwell Platform.[8]

American Well was rebranded to Amwell on March 9, 2020.[9]

Founders

Amwell was founded by brothers Drs. Ido and Roy Schoenberg in 2006.[10][11][12]

The brothers grew up in a village outside of Jerusalem and both attended medical school in Israel. Roy completed his mandatory military service as a doctor, while Ido served in the military prior to his studies.[13]

In 1996, Ido and his wife Phyllis Gotlib founded medical software maker iMDsoft.[14] Roy founded healthcare management software firm CareKey and brought Ido on board as CEO.[15] After selling CareKey to TriZetto Group in 2005,[16] Ido and Roy decided started working on Amwell, basing the company out of Boston.

Services & Business Model

The company offers 24-hour teleconference access to licensed and credentialed physicians.[17] It sells its platform as a subscription service to healthcare providers to put their medical professionals online and helps clients white-label and embed telehealth within their existing healthcare offerings[18] for their patients and members.

Amwell enables care delivery across the healthcare continuum – from primary care[19] and urgent care[20] to high acuity specialty consults[21] and telepsychiatry.[22]

The platform can be fully embedded into clients’ portals and provider workflows. Providers can launch telehealth directly from their native Electronic Health Records (EHRs) with seamless integration to their payer eligibility and claims systems.[23]

Providers, patients and members can access this care through a variety of platforms, including mobile, web, phone and proprietary kiosks[24] and carts that support multi-way video, phone or secure messaging interactions.

The Amwell Medical Group is a nationwide physician owned and operated medical practice that provides telehealth care exclusively on Amwell platforms.[25]

The Amwell app is the direct-to-consumer telehealth platform of Amwell. The app connects people with doctors over secure video, without the need for an appointment. In 2014, Amwell passed the 1 million downloads mark and was called the most popular telehealth app of the year by App Annie, a mobile analytics firm.[26] In March 2015, Amwell earned the American Telemedicine Association's first Accreditation for online patient consults.[27]

Amwell has an international presence through a partnership with Meuhedet, the third largest health maintenance organization in Israel, which leverages the Amwell Platform.[28]

Funding & Acquisitions

  • In 2009, Amwell raised $10 million in a Series A round from unnamed investors.[29]
  • In 2012, this financing was expanded to a total of $37 million.[30]
  • In 2014, Amwell raised a further $81 million in a Series C round, initially planned for $25 million and oversubscribed.[31] This was followed by a $5 million venture round in August 2015.[citation needed]
  • In 2018, Amwell raised $291 million in June, and an additional $75m later in the same year after the company signed a strategic partnership with Royal Philips.[32]
  • In 2018, Amwell acquired acute care company Avizia[33] in a stated bid to broaden its business model and boost its ability to connect doctors in different hospitals for consults.
  • In 2019, the company acquired Aligned Telehealth to expand its telepsychiatry offerings.[34]
  • In March 2020, American Well was rebranded to Amwell.[35]
  • In May 2020, Amwell raised $194 million in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic to help the company meet increased demand for telehealth.[36]
  • Less than a month after closing this raise, it was reported that Amwell confidentially filed for IPO.[37]

Partnerships

  • Apple: Amwell supported the Apple Heart Study conducted by Stanford University[38] and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.[39] The Apple Heart Study was the largest screening study on atrial fibrillation ever conducted, with over 400,000 consumers sharing Apple Watch heart rate data to detect atrial fibrillation which Amwell Medical Group physicians would follow up on and then refer patients to emergency care as needed.[40]
  • Cleveland Clinic: Amwell and the Cleveland Clinic launched a joint venture[41] that connects patients and their local providers, both in the US and internationally, with Cleveland Clinic specialists.[42]
  • Cisco: Cisco is partnering with Amwell on a project to convert people's television sets into a virtual medical office.[43]
  • Cerner and Epic: Amwell has a strategic partnership with Cerner[44] and Epic[45] and other EHR providers, which allows Amwell's services to be accessed directly through EHR interfaces.
  • Google Cloud: Amwell entered into a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to expand access to virtual care and improve patient and clinical experience.[46]
  • Philips: Developed a telehealth sleep program[47] with Philips allowing for the remote diagnosis and treatment of various common sleep disorders. Amwell also worked with Philips to embed the its telehealth capabilities into the Philip's consumer-facing digital health platforms.[48]
  • TytoCare: Amwell's partnership with Israel-based medical device maker TytoCare powers an at home kit for patient-driven medical exams as part of a primary or urgent care visit.[49]

References

  1. ↑ "What's Next for Amwell After 55% Growth from IPO Price?". https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2020/10/06/whats-next-for-amwell-after-55-growth-from-ipo-price/. 
  2. ↑ Cain Miller, Claire (November 19, 2008). "The Doctor Will See You Now – Online". The New York Times. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/the-doctor-will-see-you-now-online/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0. 
  3. ↑ "American Well unveils remote visit SDK for health apps" (in en). 2016-02-25. https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/american-well-unveils-remote-visit-sdk-health-apps. 
  4. ↑ "UPDATED: A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19" (in en). 2020-03-30. https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/guide-telehealth-vendors-age-covid-19. 
  5. ↑ Jennings, Katie. "These Brothers Have Been Building Telehealth Tech For Over A Decade. The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Putting It To The Test" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2020/04/05/these-brothers-have-been-building-telehealth-tech-for-over-a-decade-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-putting-it-to-the-test/. 
  6. ↑ Farr, Christina (2020-05-20). "American Well pulls in $194 million to keep up with the skyrocketing demand for telemedicine" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/20/american-well-raises-194-million-as-telemedicine-demand-skyrockets.html. 
  7. ↑ "Amwell lands close to $200M in funding to keep up with demand for telehealth" (in en). https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/amwell-lands-close-to-200m-funding-to-keep-up-demand-for-telehealth. 
  8. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2020/05/21/with-health-care-flocking-to-online-american-well.html. 
  9. ↑ "American Well rebrands to Amwell: 5 details". https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/telehealth/american-well-rebrands-to-amwell-5-details.html. 
  10. ↑ Ofek, Elie; Laufer, Ron (2010-03-30) (in en-us). American Well: The Doctor Will E-See You Now. https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=38607. 
  11. ↑ "Telehealth company Amwell spikes in public debut with outsized $742M IPO" (in en). https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/telehealth-company-amwell-spikes-public-debut-outsized-742m-ipo. 
  12. ↑ Moser, Jason (2020-09-18). "Why You Must Not Ignore This IPO" (in en). https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/09/18/why-you-must-not-ignore-this-ipo/. 
  13. ↑ Katie Jennings. "These Brothers Have Been Building Telehealth Tech For Over A Decade. The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Putting It To The Test" (in en). Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2020/04/05/these-brothers-have-been-building-telehealth-tech-for-over-a-decade-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-putting-it-to-the-test/#16df703d4f59. 
  14. ↑ "IMDsoft acquired by private investment firm". https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2012/06/imdsoft-acquired-by-private-investment-firm.html. 
  15. ↑ Jennings, Katie. "These Brothers Have Been Building Telehealth Tech For Over A Decade. The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Putting It To The Test" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2020/04/05/these-brothers-have-been-building-telehealth-tech-for-over-a-decade-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-putting-it-to-the-test/. 
  16. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2005/11/carekey-to-be-bought-for-up-to-100m.html. 
  17. ↑ Slabodkin, Greg. "American Well launches mobile-based telehealth service". http://www.fiercemobilehealthcare.com/story/american-well-launches-mobile-based-telehealth-service/2013-10-14. 
  18. ↑ "An Amazon for telehealth? American Well unveils new doc marketplace". http://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2016/05/18/amazon-for-picking-a-doctor. 
  19. ↑ Ahmed, Erum. "Amwell bagged $194 million to keep up with the increasingly growing usage of its services". https://www.businessinsider.com/amwell-raised-194-million-to-keep-up-with-demand-2020-5. 
  20. ↑ mHealthIntelligence (2018-11-06). "Ochsner, American Well Partner on Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth" (in en-US). https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/ochsner-american-well-partner-on-direct-to-consumer-telehealth. 
  21. ↑ mHealthIntelligence (2019-10-23). "Cleveland Clinic, American Well Expand Telehealth With The Clinic" (in en-US). https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/cleveland-clinic-american-well-expand-telehealth-in-the-clinic. 
  22. ↑ Versel, Neil (2016-09-16). "American Well moves into telepsychiatry, hires behavioral health VP" (in en-US). https://medcitynews.com/2016/09/american-well-telepsychiatry/. 
  23. ↑ "American Well embeds telehealth into EHR workflows with AW11" (in en). 2018-05-01. https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/american-well-embeds-telehealth-ehr-workflows-aw11. 
  24. ↑ "American Well launches tablet to help doctors connect with specialists" (in en). 2015-02-24. https://www.mobihealthnews.com/40790/american-well-launches-tablet-to-help-doctors-connect-with-specialists. 
  25. ↑ Moore, Elizabeth Armstrong. "For $49, a doctor will see you now -- online" (in en). https://www.cnet.com/news/for-49-a-doctor-will-see-you-now-online/. 
  26. ↑ Jayanthi, Akanksha. "Amwell was the most downloaded telehealth app of 2014". http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/amwell-was-the-most-downloaded-telehealth-app-of-2014.html. 
  27. ↑ Hubbard, Mimi. "American Well's Amwell™ Earns American Telemedicine Association's First Accreditation for Online Patient Consultations". http://www.americantelemed.org/news-landing/2015/03/11/american-well-s-amwell-earns-american-telemedicine-association-s-first-accreditation-for-online-patient-consultations. 
  28. ↑ "Israeli HMO signs giant telemedicine agreement with U.S. startup" (in en). https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/israeli-hmo-signs-giant-telemedicine-agreement-with-u-s-startup-1.5630214. 
  29. ↑ "Xconomy: American Well Goes to Well for $10M" (in en). 2009-10-26. https://xconomy.com/boston/2009/10/26/american-well-goes-to-well-for-10m/. 
  30. ↑ Perna, Gabriel. "Investments in Digital Health Triple in 2012". http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/investments-digital-health-triple-2012. 
  31. ↑ "Telehealth platform American Well announces $80 million Series C funding" (in en-US). http://www.betaboston.com/news/2014/12/17/telehealth-platform-american-well-announces-80-million-series-c-funding/. 
  32. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/07/19/american-well-discloses-75m-investment-as-it.html. 
  33. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/05/01/american-well-acquires-virginia-basedhospital.html. 
  34. ↑ "American Well to buy Aligned Telehealth in behavioral bet" (in en-US). https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/american-well-to-buy-aligned-telehealth-in-behavioral-bet/566753/. 
  35. ↑ "American Well rebrands to Amwell: 5 details". https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/telehealth/american-well-rebrands-to-amwell-5-details.html. 
  36. ↑ Farr, Christina (2020-05-20). "American Well pulls in $194 million to keep up with the skyrocketing demand for telemedicine" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/20/american-well-raises-194-million-as-telemedicine-demand-skyrockets.html. 
  37. ↑ Levy, Christina Farr,Ari (2020-06-04). "Amwell confidentially files for IPO amid surging demand for remote health care" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/04/amwell-files-for-ipo-confidentially.html. 
  38. ↑ "Apple's heart study goes live with Stanford, American Well". https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/apple-s-heart-study-goes-live-with-stanford-american-well.html. 
  39. ↑ "Through Apple Heart Study, Stanford Medicine researchers show wearable technology can help detect atrial fibrillation" (in en). http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2019/11/through-apple-heart-study--stanford-medicine-researchers-show-we.html. 
  40. ↑ tracie.white@stanford.edu, <img src='//sgec stanford edu/content/dam/sm-news/images/2015/08/white-tracie-90 jpg img 620 high png' alt='Tracie White'> By Tracie White Tracie White is a science writer in the Office of Communications Email her at. "Stanford, Apple describe heart study with over 400,000 participants" (in en). http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/11/stanford-apple-describe-heart-study-with-over-400000-participants.html. 
  41. ↑ Hendrickson, Zachary. "Cleveland Clinic and American Well join forces with a new telehealth joint venture". https://www.businessinsider.com/cleveland-clinic-american-well-join-forces-on-telehealth-2019-10. 
  42. ↑ "Cleveland Clinic, American Well launching new joint venture telehealth company" (in en). https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/cleveland-clinic-american-well-launching-joint-venture-to-offer-virtual-care-services. 
  43. ↑ Farr, Christina (2019-06-14). "Cisco and American Well are teaming up to let you talk to your doctor from your TV" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/14/cisco-and-american-well-team-up-for-virtual-doctor-visit-on-your-tv.html. 
  44. ↑ "Cerner, American Well launch partnership". https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cerner-american-well-launch-partnership.html. 
  45. ↑ "American Well unveils telehealth patient app for Epic EHRs". https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ehrs/american-well-unveils-telehealth-patient-app-for-epic-ehrs.html. 
  46. ↑ HITInfrastructure (2020-08-27). "Google Cloud, Amwell Partner to Increase Access to Virtual Care" (in en-US). https://hitinfrastructure.com/news/google-cloud-amwell-partner-to-increase-access-to-virtual-care. 
  47. ↑ "Healthcare EveryWhere: Philips and American Well Streamline Telehealth" (in en-EN). 2018-01-23. https://www.healthpopuli.com/2018/01/23/healthcare-everywhere-philips-american-well-streamline-telehealth/. 
  48. ↑ mHealthIntelligence (2018-04-30). "American Well, InTouch Health Announce Huge Telehealth Deals at ATA" (in en-US). https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/american-well-intouch-health-announce-huge-telehealth-deals-at-ata. 
  49. ↑ "American Well taps TytoCare to incorporate connected health tools into video visits" (in en). 2016-11-30. https://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/american-well-taps-tytocare-incorporate-connected-health-tools-video-visits. 

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