Best Buy’s Current Health is tapping Zoom to level up in telehealth

The news: Best Buy-owned remote patient monitoring (RPM) company Current Health is teaming up with Zoom to add telehealth capabilities to its at-home care platform.

• Current Health doesn’t offer any telehealth features currently.

More on Current Health: Current’s platform is compatible with electronic health records (EHRs), and it partners with telehealth providers, health systems and home health agencies.

• It collects health data like respiration rate, oxygen saturation, heart rate, and body temperature and uses AI to predict disease progression, helping providers deliver more tailored and effective care.

The company saw major growth during the pandemic: RPM use was already on an upward trajectory, but the pandemic accelerated that.

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