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InTouch Health is a technology company.
InTouch Health develops and provides a comprehensive virtual care platform designed to deliver high-quality, patient-centric telehealth solutions across diverse clinical settings and use cases. The company’s technology facilitates remote presence and enables integrated telehealth solutions for hospital systems, ensuring seamless virtual care experiences for both providers and patients. Its offerings support a wide spectrum of acute care telemedicine needs, enhancing the reach and efficiency of healthcare delivery.
The company was founded in 2002 by Dr. Yulun Wang, an experienced entrepreneur with a significant background in medical technology. Prior to establishing InTouch Health, Dr. Wang founded Computer Motion, Inc., a pioneering medical robotics company. His insight into the potential of remote technology to transform healthcare accessibility and clinical outcomes led him to create InTouch Health, leveraging his expertise to address the growing demand for advanced telemedicine solutions.
InTouch Health serves hospitals, health systems, and healthcare providers, empowering them to extend their care capabilities beyond traditional boundaries. The company's overarching vision centers on improving clinical outcomes and broadening access to high-quality medical care for patients regardless of their location. It remains focused on advancing telehealth to become an indispensable component of modern healthcare infrastructure.
InTouch Health has raised $25.0M across 4 funding rounds.
InTouch Health has raised $25.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
InTouch Health has raised $25.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $6.0M Other Equity in February 2012.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2012 | $6M Venture Round | Colin Angle | — | Announced |
| Apr 1, 2010 | $6M Series D | Beringea | Investcare Partners | Announced |
| Sep 1, 2005 | $12M Series C | — | Galen Partners | Announced |
| Jul 1, 2003 | $1M Series U | — | Beringea | Announced |
InTouch Health is a telemedicine technology company specializing in remote presence solutions that enable physicians to deliver care remotely via FDA-cleared devices and software platforms, primarily serving hospitals, health systems, and providers to improve care delivery in settings like EDs, ICUs, and operating rooms.[1][2][3] Its core products, including the RP-7 robotic system and the InTouch OS/Solo platform, integrate video, audio, robotics, and interoperability features to facilitate virtual consultations, asynchronous services, and end-to-end care coordination, addressing challenges like physician shortages, inefficient throughput, and access to specialists.[2][3][4][5] The company solves critical problems in acute and specialty care by providing turnkey telehealth solutions with strategic planning, training, and support, achieving growth through partnerships with over 450 hospitals and 14,500 physicians globally before its 2020 acquisition by Teladoc Health, which expanded its reach across inpatient, outpatient, and home settings.[6][7]
Founded in January 2002 in Santa Barbara, California, as InTouch Technologies (doing business as InTouch Health), the company emerged from expertise in robotics, telemedicine, and telecommunications to develop remote presence technology amid growing needs for efficient hospital consultations.[2] Its senior management and board feature executives with deep experience in healthcare products, clinical authorities, and tech experts, driving innovations like the proprietary RP-7 Remote Presence Robotic System that enables rapid physician-patient interactions.[1][2] Early traction came from global hospital installations, awards for innovative technology, and proven success in transforming care delivery, culminating in rankings like Best in KLAS for Virtual Care Platforms in 2019 and 2020, before Teladoc Health acquired it on July 1, 2020, to create a comprehensive virtual care leader.[5][6][7]
InTouch Health rides the telehealth and virtual care explosion, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, aging populations, chronic disease prevalence, and demands for efficient specialist access in underserved areas.[6][7] Its timing was ideal, launching robotics-driven solutions pre-2020 when hospitals needed scalable tech for provider-to-provider consults in complex environments, influencing the shift from fragmented tools to integrated platforms spanning acute-to-home care.[1][6] Market forces like regulatory support for telehealth reimbursement, EHR interoperability mandates, and AI/analytics integration favor its model, positioning it (post-acquisition) as a key enabler in Teladoc Health's end-to-end ecosystem that redefines care delivery standards globally.[5][7]
Post-2020 integration into Teladoc Health, InTouch Health's tech backbone powers expanded virtual care from critical specialties to chronic management, with next steps likely focusing on AI-enhanced analytics, remote surgery, and hybrid in-person/virtual models amid rising demand for longitudinal, patient-centric platforms.[5][6][7] Trends like 5G-enabled robotics, global telehealth adoption, and value-based care will propel growth, evolving its influence from hospital-centric innovator to a foundational element in unified health systems—transforming how providers deliver quality care anywhere, anytime, just as its founding vision promised.[1][7]
InTouch Health has raised $25.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
InTouch Health's investors include Colin Angle, Beringea, InvestCare Partners, Galen Partners.