InVenture Partners Fund invested in American Well medical project
Venture investment fund InVenture Partners invested in the American project American Well, which works in the field of telemedicine. Earlier, the fund invested in such projects as Get Taxi taxi service, OnlineTours travel agency, Netology educational service, Vedomosti reports. Managing partner of the fund Sergey Azatyan confirmed the fact of the transaction.
“According to the US Centers for Disease Control, every year there are more than 1.2 billion consultations of doctors, 110 million of them can be resolved without a personal visit from the patient. The American market of medical services is the most prepared for telemedicine both legally and by doctors and patients, ”Azatyan said.
Now American Well is already operating in 47 different US states, plus the District of Columbia. Recipes service can write in 44 states. The project itself is a communication platform that helps doctors and patients communicate in a teleconference mode. Patients have the opportunity to receive medical advice. In the United States, according to company estimates, the average waiting time for an appointment to a doctor is about 19 days. Service also provides an opportunity to contact the doctor within 3 minutes.
The cost of consulting a patient with a doctor when using the American Well platform is $ 49 instead of $ 95 (the price of a normal visit to the doctor).
“According to the US Centers for Disease Control, every year there are more than 1.2 billion consultations of doctors, 110 million of them can be resolved without a personal visit from the patient. The American market of medical services is the most prepared for telemedicine both legally and by doctors and patients, ”Azatyan said.
Now American Well is already operating in 47 different US states, plus the District of Columbia. Recipes service can write in 44 states. The project itself is a communication platform that helps doctors and patients communicate in a teleconference mode. Patients have the opportunity to receive medical advice. In the United States, according to company estimates, the average waiting time for an appointment to a doctor is about 19 days. Service also provides an opportunity to contact the doctor within 3 minutes.
The cost of consulting a patient with a doctor when using the American Well platform is $ 49 instead of $ 95 (the price of a normal visit to the doctor).
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