Amwell (company)
American Well Corporation, doing business as Amwell, is a telemedicine company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that connects patients with doctors over secure video. Amwell sells its platform as a subscription service to healthcare providers to put their medical professionals online and its proprietary software development kits, APIs, and system integrations enable clients to embed telehealth into existing workflows utilized by providers and patients.
Trade name | Amwell |
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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | June 2006 (as American Well) |
| Founders | Ido Schoenberg (President and CEO) Roy Schoenberg (Chairman and CEO) |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Muneer Satter, investor |
| Services | Mobile and web patient-to-physician teleconferencing |
| Revenue | US$ 245.3 Mio. (2020) |
Number of employees | 812 (2021) |
| Website | www |
Amwell has roughly 800 employees and has raised more than $500 million from investors, including Anthem, Philips, Allianz and Teva Pharmaceuticals, with the goal of connecting patients to healthcare providers remotely.
The company operates in all 50 United States and works with 55 health plans, which support over 36,000 employers and collectively represent more than 80 million covered lives, as well as 240 of the nation's largest health systems, encompassing more than 2,000 hospitals. In 2020, over 40,000 providers were using the Amwell Platform.
American Well was rebranded to Amwell on March 9, 2020.
In March 2023, Amwell added a cardiometabolic program to its offerings through its partnership with digital chronic condition management platform DarioHealth. With the partnership, Amwell patients can be referred to the program for chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and weight management.