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Teladoc Livongo merger: what went wrong with the 'one-stop shop for virtual care' strategy?

Lloyd Price

These devices collect data about the user's health, which is then sent to Livongo's platform. Mobile apps: Livongo has a mobile app that allows users to track their health data, set goals, and receive coaching from Livongo's team of experts. Livongo went public in 2019 and was acquired by Teladoc in 2020.

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Virtual Care – negotiating barriers to adoption offers glimpses of an exciting future

Lloyd Price

The exhilarating pace of change is evidenced at Cera, a digital-first home healthcare enterprise that has seen the patient visits that drive its processes increase from 120,000 in 2019 to 18 million in 2023. Digital health companies can help identify new drug targets, design clinical trials and analyse data more effectively.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2019, Fitbit unveiled a more data-driven personal health subscription service for consumers that, among other features, generates personal reports that a user can download and share with their physician, nutritionist or personal trainer.