Verizon Partners with Kajeet to Extend Reach of BlueJeans Telehealth

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Verizon Business has announced the availability of BlueJeans Telehealth through a new distribution agreement with Kajeet to enhance its partner network. This HIPAA-ready virtual care platform aims to meet the rising demand for connected health solutions across the U.S. market. The collaboration aims to improve patient-provider communication, drive better outcomes, and lower costs for healthcare providers. The platform supports various healthcare applications, including remote patient monitoring and rural medicine.

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• New partnership with Kajeet enhances distribution channels for BlueJeans Telehealth.
• BlueJeans Telehealth improves patient-provider relationships and healthcare outcomes.
• Supports increasing demand for connected health solutions with a robust partner network.

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What You Need to Know:

• Driving partner growth and profitability, BlueJeans Telehealth is immediately available for sale through the channel to Kajeet’s U.S. Partners
• BlueJeans Telehealth solution enhances global partner network with investments in healthcare to meet increasing customer demand for connected health solutions
• BlueJeans Telehealth supports emerging use cases around clinical communications, remote patient monitoring (RPM), remote and rural medicine applications, and more
  

NEW YORK, March 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Business today announced that BlueJeans Telehealth, a HIPAA-ready and intuitive virtual care platform, is now available through Kajeet to address increasing customer demand for connected health solutions that help improve the patient-provider relationship and increase partner growth and profitability.

To make BlueJeans Telehealth more accessible, Verizon has signed a U.S. distribution agreement with Kajeet, a leading provider of IoT connectivity, software and hardware solutions, to allow its channel partners access to BlueJeans Telehealth to build into connected health solutions that will help strengthen caregiver-patient communication, drive better patient outcomes, increase staff productivity, and help lower costs for healthcare providers.

“At Verizon, our aim is to drive healthcare transformation that helps our healthcare partners achieve better patient outcomes, save time, and money. This starts with improving the patient care experience,” said Alex Doyle, VP, Product Management, Verizon Business Group. “The Kajeet relationship was a natural progression and one that exemplifies our new approach to making connected healthcare solutions more readily accessible and better serve our partners and healthcare community more effectively and efficiently with BlueJeans Telehealth.”

As a complement to Kajeet’s existing solutions in the connected healthcare space, BlueJeans Telehealth will enable the company to offer high-quality, end-to-end telehealth solutions into the marketplace to address increasing customer demand for virtual care support in their digital health systems to help customers migrate from legacy systems to meet today’s connected healthcare needs. The partnership will positively enhance the product offerings for Kajeet’s network of healthcare customers who demand seamless video communication experiences.

“Kajeet is proud to support Verizon’s BlueJeans Telehealth offering, further extending our existing commercial partnership into the healthcare space. Kajeet can quickly and securely scale telehealth solutions like BlueJeans, combining devices, software, networks, and services. We believe solutions like BlueJeans can reduce per capita cost, improve population health and the care experience, especially among underserved populations,” said Ben Weintraub, President and COO at Kajeet.

Verizon is opening access to its award-winning BlueJeans Telehealth solution and making available new fixed and mobile wireless opportunities to support use cases around clinician communications with remote patient monitoring (RPM), remote and rural medicine applications, and more. Healthcare partners and their customers can benefit from access to Verizon’s robust ecosystem of networking, advanced communications, and security solutions, delivered in a way that best matches their buying preferences.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of $133.6 billion in 2021. The company offers data, video and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control.

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Media contact:
Erin Cheever
erin.dowling@verizon.com

 

FAQ

What is the significance of the partnership between Verizon and Kajeet for BlueJeans Telehealth?

The partnership enhances the distribution of BlueJeans Telehealth, allowing healthcare providers to access connected health solutions more easily.

When was BlueJeans Telehealth made available through Kajeet?

BlueJeans Telehealth became available for sale through Kajeet on March 16, 2022.

How does BlueJeans Telehealth support healthcare providers?

It helps improve patient-provider communication, drive better patient outcomes, and reduce costs.

What are the main features of BlueJeans Telehealth?

Key features include support for remote patient monitoring, rural medicine applications, and improved clinical communications.

What was Verizon's revenue in 2021?

Verizon generated revenues of $133.6 billion in 2021.