Healthcare company 98point6 landed additional investment to support its transition to a licensor of virtual care solutions, following a move to offload parts of its business. The fresh funding comes after… Read More
Healthcare company 98point6 is selling a portion of its business to San Francisco-based startup Transcarent for $100 million in cash and equity. The deal will include the virtual care platform… Read More
Seattle-based 98point6 announced that it is licensing its virtual care delivery platform in a deal with Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System. This is the company’s first foray as a third-party… Read More
Seattle-based 98point6 recently laid off 10% of its workforce, but the telemedicine startup remains in “growth mode,” according to a human resources executive at the company. The company confirmed the… Read More
98point6 chairman Jeff Greenstein is now the company’s permanent CEO after taking over interim leadership duties following the departure of former CEO and co-founder Robbie Cape in August. Greenstein was… Read More
The board of directors at fast-growing Seattle telehealth startup 98point6 let go of co-founder and CEO Robbie Cape last month because it was looking for a new leader who could… Read More
98point6 CEO Robbie Cape is no longer working at the heavily-funded virtual healthcare company he helped start in 2015, GeekWire has learned. The company confirmed on Wednesday that Cape is… Read More
Riding a wave of demand for its telemedicine technology, and reacting to U.S. adults’ increasing struggles with metal health during COVID-19, Seattle-based 98point6 is launching a new behavioral health service… Read More
— Kurt DelBene‘s second stint at Microsoft will end later this year. The former Microsoft Office president, whose recent role has included leading the company’s pandemic response, will retire at… Read More
To say that Dr. Brad Younggren has a unique perspective on COVID-19 would be an understatement — because he actually has multiple perspectives. Dr. Younggren is the chief medical officer… Read More
— Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Corey spent the past five years at Amazon Web Services, most recently leading the transformation team for… Read More
While telemedicine was making inroads into healthcare before COVID-19 struck, the pandemic has unleashed its potential, according to a panel of medical leaders speaking at the 2020 GeekWire Summit. Instead… Read More
Demand is through the roof for Seattle telemedicine startup 98point6. The company, which helps facilitate virtual primary care appointments, has seen its membership base skyrocket 274% this year as people… Read More
— Expedia Group appointed Equifax President of Global Consumer Solutions Beverly Anderson as its newest board member. Prior to Equifax, Anderson was executive vice president of cards and retails services… Read More
Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart, is promoting Seattle startup 98point6 as a telehealth service for its customers. The grocery giant will offer virtual healthcare through 98point6, a 5-year-old startup… Read More
Seattle startup 98point6 just raised $43 million to help increase capacity for its virtual healthcare technology amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Patient volume has increased 200% since January, the company said,… Read More
Amazon Web Services and two tech industry groups have created a new online resource that lists dozens of digital health products, tools and services to help the health care industry… Read More
Seattle-area companies grabbed 13 spots on a list from Forbes on Tuesday that calls out “America’s Best Startup Employers.” The inaugural ranking from the magazine, in partnership with market research… Read More
As the U.S. struggles to contain coronavirus infections, one of the lessons from China — where the disease originated and infection rates surged, but are now in decline — is… Read More
Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. The technology that we interact with on a daily basis relies on design that can help… Read More
Sam’s Club members in three states will soon be able to see a physician right from their phones at any hour of the day for just $1 per session. The… Read More
Dr. Michael Grabinski walks into the room, but he can’t talk yet. “I just picked up a patient,” he said. “There was someone in the waiting room.” It takes me… Read More
Samir Manjure believes engineers at some of the world’s biggest tech firms are yearning for something more. “What I’m seeing is a lot of technical talent, especially in AI and… Read More
Seattle startup 98point6 is bringing its virtual primary care solution to hundreds of thousands of new patients as part of a collaboration with Banner|Aetna, a health plan operated by Banner… Read More
Proteins, algorithms and apps — oh my! Health innovators across the Pacific Northwest continue to embrace technologies that go well beyond traditional drugs. The finalists for the Health Innovation of… Read More
Show me the money! Venture capital investment in Washington state last year reached the highest level since 2000, at $2 billion across 175 deals, according to a report from PwC… Read More
It has been more than a year since the healthcare joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway was announced. Since then, we haven’t heard much — until now.… Read More
Seattle-based startup advocate Rebecca Lovell was named chair of the board at the Center for American Entrepreneurship, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that advocates for public policies that are friendly to new businesses.… Read More
What role will artificial intelligence play in healthcare? How can smartphones make healthcare more accessible? And what’s the future of tech giants such as Amazon and Google in the world… Read More
98point6, a Seattle-based startup developing an entirely virtual primary care service, has raised $50 million in a round led by Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division. The new funds, announced Tuesday… Read More