CNBC September 17, 2020
Key Points
– “We simply believe that, in the future, your doctor will connect with you sometimes in person and sometimes online,” Amwell co-CEO Ido Schoenberg told CNBC.
– The telehealth provider went public Thursday and saw its shares rise 28%.
– “It’s not a doc in the box in the cloud,” he said. “It’s basically another tool in the tool set of our trusted providers, and that will take years to develop.”
Telehealth company Amwell made its public market debut Thursday after months of rapid growth because of the coronavirus pandemic. But co-CEO Ido Schoenberg told CNBC that the “enormous” digital transformation of health care remains a process that will take years.
“This giant surge in visits may...