TORONTO, Aug. 26,
2022 /CNW/ - Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) the global
leader in whole-person virtual care, together with Cloud DX (TSXV:
CDX) (OTC: CDXFF), a leading remote patient monitoring
("RPM") platform, are pleased to announce that they have
entered into a strategic partnership to better serve the remote
monitoring needs of patients across Canada.
This unique partnership gives us the
opportunity to empower even more Canadians to live their healthiest
lives
In this partnership, the existing RPM services of the Cloud DX
platform in Canada will be
enhanced with Teladoc Health's virtual care capabilities. Hospitals
and clinics use the Cloud DX platform and tools to manage acute and
medically complex patients, including for example, people with
COPD, heart failure, or post-surgical needs. The Cloud DX RPM
solution, Connected Health™, tracks key patient health indicators
from home, such as blood pressure, pulse oxygen, and/or
temperature.
Teladoc Health brings global expertise in chronic care
management in the community, and virtual care including mental
health care. Additionally, Teladoc Health offers the Solo™ virtual
care software platform, a leading purpose-built healthcare
application currently being used in more than 4,000 hospitals and
health systems worldwide including in Canada. The partnership enables the use of
Solo™ on the Cloud DX patient app experience in Canada, so that patients can easily and
seamlessly connect with members of their clinical team, creating a
more efficient and more satisfying patient and provider
experience.
"We're excited to bring Teladoc Health's deep expertise in
virtual care, chronic care management and mental health care to
Canadians via this unique partnership with Cloud DX, giving us the
opportunity to empower even more Canadians to live their healthiest
lives," said Dr. Joby McKenzie,
Managing Director, Teladoc Health, Canada. "By joining forces with Cloud DX in
Canada, we will bring needed scale
to reach people across this vast country, who can benefit from
remotely monitoring their health conditions at home, all while
reducing the strain on hospitals and clinicians" she added.
Robert Kaul, CEO and Founder of
Cloud DX, states: "We are very pleased to welcome Teladoc Health as
a fully integrated partner on the Cloud DX platform in Canada. From its leading virtual care
solution, Solo™, to its chronic care management and mental health
programs, offering Teladoc Health services as part of the Connected
Health™ ecosystem creates a compelling and robust remote patient
monitoring solution. Together, Teladoc Health and Cloud DX offer a
complete, best-in-class tool kit for healthcare providers to
address acute and complex cases. As partners, we look forward to
creating better healthcare journeys for more Canadians."
About Teladoc Health Canada,
Inc.
Teladoc Health Canada, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Teladoc Health, Inc. ("Teladoc Health"). Teladoc Health
empowers all people everywhere to live their healthiest lives by
transforming the healthcare experience. As the world leader in
whole-person virtual care, Teladoc Health uses proprietary health
signals and personalized interactions to drive better health
outcomes across the full continuum of care, at every stage in a
person's health journey. Teladoc Health leverages more than a
decade of expertise and data-driven insights to meet the growing
virtual care needs of consumers and healthcare professionals. For
more information, please visit www.teladochealth.com or follow
@TeladocHealth on Twitter.
About Cloud DX
Accelerating digital health, Cloud DX is on a mission to make
healthcare better for everyone. Our Connected Health™ remote
patient monitoring platform is used by healthcare enterprises and
care teams across North America to
virtually manage chronic disease, enable aging in place, and
deliver hospital-quality post-surgical care in the home. Our
partners achieve better healthcare and patient outcomes, lower
hospitalizations or re-admissions, and reduce healthcare delivery
costs through more efficient use of resources. Cloud DX is the
co-winner of the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, a 2022 Top Innovator of
Canadian Business, a 2021 Edison Award winner, a Fast Company
"World Changing Idea" finalist, and one of "Canada's Ten Most Prominent Telehealth
Providers." Cloud DX is an exclusive partner to Medtronic Canada
and Equitable Life of Canada.
SOURCE Teladoc Health, Inc.