Michelle Davey, Founder & CEO of Wheel, shares her personal journey and how Wheel is changing healthcare using telemedicine. They discuss the types of clinicians they work with, the impact of COVID-19, and the future of virtual care. Wheel plans to expand services to include mental health specialists and offer diagnostics and remote patient monitoring.
Wheel aims to simplify virtual care operations by providing a platform that offers regulatory expertise, a tech-enabled clinical network, and training for clinicians in virtual care practices.
Wheel plans to broaden its scope beyond urgent care to include chronic care conditions, remote patient monitoring, diagnostics, and mental health services, with the aim of providing high-quality care in patients' homes.
Deep dives
Background and Mission of Wheel
Michelle Davy, the founder and CEO of Wheel, discusses her personal background and experience with healthcare, as well as her journey from working in tech to founding a telemedicine company. She explains that Wheel aims to simplify virtual care operations for companies by providing a platform that offers regulatory expertise, a tech-enabled clinical network, and training for clinicians in virtual care practices. The goal is to empower companies and clinicians to deliver high-quality healthcare to patients across all 50 states.
Clinicians and Services Offered by Wheel
Wheel works with a network of over 10,000 clinicians, including doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, spanning various specialties such as general practice, dermatology, and behavioral health. The company's growth strategy involves continually expanding the types of clinicians available to engage in virtual care. Wheel provides the necessary training and support to ensure a safe and meaningful virtual care experience for patients.
Impact of COVID-19 and Future Outlook
The COVID-19 pandemic served as an accelerant for the adoption of telehealth and virtual care. Michelle emphasizes that Wheel's business model and mission remained unchanged, but the pandemic solidified the need for virtual care and the desire of clinicians and patients to engage in it. Wheel experienced significant growth, expanding its clinician network by over a thousand percent in just two months. Looking ahead, Wheel plans to broaden its scope beyond urgent care to include chronic care conditions, remote patient monitoring, diagnostics, and mental health services, with the aim of providing high-quality care in patients' homes.
Our guest is: Michelle Davey, Founder & CEO of Wheel.
"Changing the way healthcare works with quality virtual care that scales. Empowering clinicians on the front lines of patient care in telehealth. Moving healthcare forward."
In this episode, we discussed:
- Her background
- How she got to where she is today?
- What is the Wheel?
- What's next?
- ...and much more!
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