Amwell

Some ReviveHealth members will be able to access second opinions online from Cleveland Clinic physicians.

This week's top stories include Amwell snapping up digital mental health company SilverCloud Health and virtual care company Conversa Health, the AMA backing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and the VA suspending Cerner EHR rollouts.

The combined deal was worth $320 million in cash and stocks. 

Also: Cleo taps new VP of Product, Komodo Health names CRO, Talkspace welcomes former Eli Lilly exec and Zipari adds to C-suite.  

The company is emphasing the importance of its new platform Converge for future business. 

Converge was built with an open architecture to support integrations and upgrades with third-party applications and devices.   

In Q4 Amwell reported $60.4 million in revenue up 34% from Q4 2019. 

Also: The Consumer Technology Association releases industry standards focused on health AI trust; new updates in the home COVID-19 testing market.

Telehealth jumped ahead generations in 2020, says Amwell CEO Roy Schoenberg, who shares what he is excited about for 2021.

After some called 2020 the “biggest year for IPOs,” analysts predicted the wave of digital health public offerings to last into the new year.