![]() What the app does currently is what Babylon calls its “triage” function where patients use the app to get medical advice-a more sophisticated version of WebMD in a way-rather than call the NHS hotline for help. From our last piece:īabylon started out as a telemedicine app, providing live chat and video consultations with medical professionals, saving Londoners (and the National Health Service) the cost and time to visit a doctor in person. Back in 2017, we asked, Is Babylon’s AI Chatbot the Future of Healthcare? Today, the answer is clearly yes. Five Telehealth Startups Startup Nameįounded in 2013, London England’s own Babylon is disrupting the heck out of the NHS after taking in just over $631 million in funding, most of which came from a summer 2019 Series C round of $550 million led by the Saudis. Today, we’re going to look at nine companies that are emerging as leaders in telehealth primary care – five startups and four publicly traded stocks. Nowadays, it’s all about being able to consult with a doctor without leaving your living room. Back in the day, that meant a trip to your family physician’s office where you sat in a waiting room waiting to be seen. Whenever someone believes they need medical attention that doesn’t warrant a trip to the emergency room for urgent care, they’ll usually go to see a doctor. It’s been nearly three years since we wrote our piece on 8 Telemedicine Startups to Watch – Half Use AI, and today there are some key players emerging in the area of primary care telehealth apps.Ī primary care provider acts as the first contact and principal point of continuing care for patients within a healthcare system. Today, all of these use cases seem to be going the way of the dodo.įor better or for worse, the healthcare industry is increasingly moving towards a model where artificial intelligence (AI) augments everything from diagnosing the patient to figuring out which treatment will be most effective, what we’re calling personalized medicine. Waiters use touch to build trust with customers, couples use touch to gauge sexual compatibility, and doctors use touch to comfort patients. It’s a shame, because touch is beneficial for so many reasons. Touch has always been a sensitive topic, but even more so today with The Rona demanding that people keep their hands off one another.
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