Verizon Unveils BlueJeans Video Telehealth App

Verizon unveiled BlueJeans Telehealth, a video telemedicine service to help healthcare providers and patients "conduct data-driven virtual care conversations." The service will be "generally available" in May, said the company Monday. Patients will be able to use a desktop, mobile browser or the new BlueJeans app, and visits will be "embedded directly within their existing electronic health record workflows," Verizon said. It includes medical interpreters in more than 200 languages. Closed captioning and sign language will be available. “We worked closely with an advisory board of health system clinicians and healthcare decision-makers to build BlueJeans Telehealth," said Verizon Business CEO Tami Erwin: "Today’s launch is just the beginning for Verizon in what we see as the future of telehealth, especially when you consider the innovation that will come from 5G mobility, broadband and cloud capabilities.” Verizon entered a partnership last month with Hoy Health for customers to receive discounted telehealth services (see 2103080025).