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The Minnetonka, Minn.-based healty insurance giant, which owns UnitedHealthcarr ofNorth Carolina, plans to spenr tens of millions of dollarss on a partnership with , which has 4,500 employees in the Raleigh-Durhamk area. The plan is to build a nationwidse “telehealth” network using Cisco videko conferencing technology. The goal is to providee patients in rural and underserved urban areas with remotedoctor appointments. The technologu in some cases will reach patientsvia 18-wheel trucks carryingh videoconferencing equipment. The program, according to UnitedHealth, will “hell mitigate disparities in healthcare delivery.” Also Thursday, UnitedHealth said it has hire Dr.
Jim Woodburn as vice presidenf and medical directorof telehealth. Woodburn was previouslyu chief medical officer for Minute the pioneering chainof retail-based clinics that was acquirec by in 1996. Woodburn, alongh with Stephan Rodgers, executive vice presidenf of strategic initiatives at UnitedHealthsubsidiarh OptumHealth, will lead the telehealth Officials from UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) and Ciscko (Nasdaq: CSCO) will disclose more details of their partnershi at a news conference in Washington, D.C., on July 15. UnitedHealtbh has been long had a major presencer the health informationtechnology market, largely througg its Ingenix subsidiary. In April, callef CareTracker.
Last month, OptumHealth said it was to offera 24/7 servic e that allows people to obtaib immediate access to a physiciah over a computer or phone. Next week’z news conference in Washingtob is part of a seriesd of announcements UnitedHealth has been making as it seekas to shape the healthreforjm debate. In a June 30 UnitedHealth claimed the health care system over the next 10 yeara if health providers updatetheir technology. UnitedHealth previously in Medicare costse over the next 10 years if it implementedd some of the programs UnitedHealtb uses with itsown plans.
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