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Teladoc
INTRO As the oldest and largest of the telehealth platforms, Teladoc has had plenty of opportunity to gather a wealth of data on telemedicine visits. They've completed more than 1 million visits, and are on track to break an unprecedented 2 million by the end of 2016. Here are some of the data points they've collected along the way, which give a peek inside Teladoc's trajectory as a company.
10%
of all Teladoc charts get reviewed for quality
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basics
1 Million+
Number of e-visits performed by October 2015. Close to two million expected by end of 2016.
Operational since
2005
Date of Teladoc IPO
JULY 1, 2015
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44%
6%
Visits that required follow appointment when seen via telemedicine, compared with 13% for face-to-face encounters, and 20% for ER visits. (Source: Independent RAND Corporation study examining follow-up visits in a 300,000-member population in California that shared the same diagnosis)
Board-certified physycians and behavioral health providers in the Teladoc network
Teladoc sees a patient every 10 seconds during peak operating periods.
36yo FEMALE
Teladoc patients with at least one co-morbidity
3,100
10 seconds
The average Teladoc user is a
77%
Teladoc visits that resulted in a prescription, compared with 82% for office visits, according to the CDC.
45%
32%
The top two alternative places of treatment for Teladoc users are urgent care clinics (45%) and primary care offices (32%). These are followed by the ER (7%), specialists (1%) and "no treatment" (14%). [Source: Member reported prior to consult]
$387 M
Amount Teladoc estimates they saved their clients in medical costs in 2015.