Teladoc Announces Expanded Collaboration with Microsoft
Teladoc to Demo Solution at Microsoft’s HIMSS 2018 Booth
PURCHASE, NY, March 01, 2018 — Teladoc, Inc. (NYSE:TDOC), the world’s largest and most trusted provider of virtual care delivery services, announced today its expanded collaboration with Microsoft. The organizations will be working together to advance the delivery of telehealth, with Teladoc’s platform running on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. As a result of the joint go-to-market strategy, hospitals and health systems across the U.S. will have greater access to the virtual care solution to meet their business needs.
“Teladoc is committed to providing a superior telehealth solution to our clients,” said Alan Roga, MD, president, hospital and health systems, Teladoc. “Whether it’s the Microsoft Azure platform or any of a number of other Microsoft applications that will support the success of our clients’ telehealth goals, our focus remains on providing a secure, flexible and reliable platform for all of our health system clients.”
Teladoc is coming off a record year of more than 100% market growth in hospital and health systems. The company leverages Azure to deliver its telehealth solution to now more than 250 hospitals and health systems across the U.S., helping them meet their needs from growing their patient base, to coordinated care and more. In collaboration with Microsoft, Teladoc is able to fully leverage all HITRUST certified Azure cloud services to provide highly scalable, redundant, and secure applications to clients.
“Consumer telehealth is now becoming central to hospital and health system strategy,” said Neil Jordan, general manager, Worldwide Health at Microsoft. “In combination with the security and global scale of Microsoft Azure, we can jointly take Teladoc’s solution to market to successfully expand use cases in current clients and reach many more new ones, helping Teladoc’s provider customers improve the healthcare experience.”
Teladoc / Microsoft Live Demos at HIMSS 2018
The companies will demonstrate the combined value of the solution during multiple demonstrations during the HIMSS 2018 conference.
Microsoft Health Forum 2018: Jefferson Health’s high-quality, patient-centered virtual care: powered by Teladoc’s Azure hosted hospital & health systems platform
Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. PST
Palazzo Ballroom, M-P
Presenters* Alan Roga, M.D., President, Hospital and Health Systems, Teladoc
- Judd E. Hollander, M.D., Senior Vice President of Healthcare Delivery Information and Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Facebook Live Demo: Architected on Microsoft Azure, Teladoc’s technology for hospitals and health systems drives patient-focused care
Thursday, March 8, 2018, 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. PST
Live on Facebook from the Microsoft Intelligent Health Booth, #3832
Presenters* Alan Roga, M.D., President, Hospital and Health Systems, Teladoc
- Shaung Liu, Chief Technology Officer, Hospital and Health Systems, Teladoc
Ongoing demonstrations of Teladoc Solutions
- Teladoc Booth #3860
- Microsoft Booth #3832
Click here for more information or if you are interested in scheduling an appointment to meet with Teladoc at HIMSS.
About Teladoc, Inc.
Teladoc, Inc. (NYSE:TDOC) is the world’s largest and most trusted provider of virtual healthcare delivery services. Recognized by MIT Technology Review as one of the “50 Smartest Companies”, Teladoc is forging a new healthcare experience with better convenience, outcomes and value. The company provides virtual access to high quality care and expertise with a portfolio of services and solutions – inclusive of coverage of 450 medical subspecialties – that spans the spectrum from non-urgent, episodic needs like flu and upper respiratory infections, to chronic, complicated medical conditions like cancer and congestive heart failure. By marrying the latest in data and analytics with its award-winning user experience and highly flexible technology platform, Teladoc has delivered millions of medical visits to patients around the globe. For additional information, please visit www.teladoc.com.
SOURCE: Teladoc, Inc.