The Convergence of Virtual and Physical Care with Amwell’s Ido Schoenberg

Recorded on 05/04/21 In this episode, Cowen's Health Care Technology analyst Charles Rhyee speaks with Ido Schoenberg, MD, who is Chairman and CEO of Amwell and oversees the company’s corporate strategy. Since co-founding the company in 2006, with his brother Roy Schoenberg, Ido has led the company’s strategic direction, growing Amwell to become one of the largest telehealth companies in the world. With all the challenges and tragedy of the past year and more due to COVID, one of the few positives to come out from it was the broader recognition of telehealth’s ability to provide access to quality care, particularly in a time of great need. We discuss how COVID has changed the perception of telehealth, how telehealth is evolving beyond simply on-demand care, and how Amwell’s new platform, Converge, connects virtual care into the existing physical healthcare world to create a new model for care delivery. Ido Schoenberg serves as the Chairman and CEO of Amwell and has a lengthy track record of successfully leading technology companies in the healthcare field. In 1996, together with Phyllis Gotlib, he co-founded iMDSoft, a provider of enterprise software that automates hospital critical care units. He grew the company into a market leader with a large multi-national install base in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. In 2001, Ido joined CareKey Inc. as Chief Executive Officer and took the company through its acquisition by the TriZetto group. Ido served as TriZetto’s Chief Business Strategy Officer until his departure in the summer of 2006. Ido received his MD from the Sackler School of Medicine. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.