American Well, a Boston-based telehealth technology and services company, welcomed Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, to its advisory board.
Here are five notes:
1. Dr. McClellan will be the vice chairman of the board.
2. He is the director of Duke University's Health Policy Center in Durham, N.C., as well as the former CMS administrator and FDA commissioner.
3. The advisory board guides American Well on corporate development initiatives, like telehealth permissibility and telehealth emerging use cases, as well as seeks new market opportunities.
4. Dr. McClellan completed his internal medicine residency at Boston-based Brigham and Woman's Hospital.
5. American Well serves more than 40 health systems, 40 independent health plans, thousands of employers and 3,000 independent providers.
"American Well has a unique footprint and capabilities in one of the fastest-growing segments of healthcare — using telehealth to improve access to care, chronic disease management and care coordination," said Dr. McClellan.