InTouch Health Acquires C30 Medical Corporation, Further Expanding its Ability to Assist Health Systems Manage Physician Shortages

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- InTouch Health, the leading specialty telehealth enterprise provider, today announced the acquisition of C30 Medical Corporation ("C3O"), a physician-led telemedicine management and physician coverage provider consisting of board certified specialists in emergent Tele-Neurology and Tele-Neurocritical Care.  C30's physicians provide support into many health systems spanning six U.S. states. In conjunction with the acquisition, Herbert Rogove, DO, FCCM, FACP, Founder and President of C30, joins InTouch as Chief Medical Officer.

Joseph M. DeVivo, Chief Executive Officer of InTouch Health, stated, "The acquisition of C30 and the appointment of Dr. Rogove to lead the clinical aspects of our physician capacity management offering underscore our commitment to expanding the solutions enabled by our enterprise-based telemedicine platform.  Telehealth provides unprecedented opportunities for clinicians across any clinical service line to increase coverage, reduce costs, and improve outcomes.   Following our acquisition of AcuteCare Telemedicine last summer, C30 further extends our platform to better meet the needs of our Health System partners and address physician shortages nationwide.  We are extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Rogove and his team of highly trained specialists to InTouch Health."   

Dr. Rogove has over thirty years of experience directing and establishing ICUs and Intensivist, Hospitalist and Emergency Medicine programs in academic and community hospital settings. He has held faculty appointments at University of Southern California, University of Pittsburgh and the Ohio State University. He has also held numerous leadership and administrative positions at major tertiary care facilities throughout the United States, and joined the board of directors of the American Telemedicine Association in 2012, serving as Secretary/Treasurer from 2014 through 2016.

"This is such an exciting time for the field of telemedicine, and truly for medicine in general as the 'tele-' part of our field becomes an integrated part of the overall healthcare delivery system," stated Dr. Rogove.  "After devoting much of my career to implementing telemedicine-based healthcare programs, it is exciting to join forces with InTouch Health to expand our class-leading technology and services offerings." 

About C30 Medical Corporation 
Formed in 2008, C30 provides emergent neurology consult services to more than 30 hospitals across the country.  All C3O Physicians are board certified in their specialty, possess extensive backgrounds with prestigious academic and medical institutions, and subscribe to the quality standards of The Joint Commission, the Leapfrog Group, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and other national organizations dedicated to quality care.

About InTouch Health 
InTouch Health provides its world class 24/7 monitored InTouch Telehealth Network, comprised of FDA-cleared telehealth systems, clinical workflow solutions and software, and managed services to hospitals and healthcare systems for the delivery of clinical care, anytime, anywhere.  Today, InTouch Health supports more than 130 healthcare systems, 5,800 network users, and 1600 care locations around the world as they deploy telehealth programs across their enterprises. InTouch Health has surpassed 850,000 potentially life-saving telehealth sessions over the InTouch Telehealth Network, and is forecasted to manage more than 270,000 clinical sessions in 2017.

SOURCE InTouch Health