SOC Telemed

The deal is valued at about $194 million and will drive about a third of the telemedicine company's expected revenue moving forward.

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Because telehealth tools enable faster access to care and help emergency clinicians make decisions at the bedside to reduce unnecessary admissions and length of stay, costs are being reduced, says Anton Arbatov, senior director SOC Telemed.

SOC Telemed (formerly Specialists on Call) announced yesterday that it has acquired behavioral health telemedicine company JSA Health, and will be adding JSA Health’s services to its acute telemedicine platform.

MobiHealthNews spent the last week at the HIMSS18 annual global conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.