What Equum Medical does

Equum Medical is a New York City-based provider of acute care telehealth services, founded in 2010, that partners with hospitals and health systems nationwide to deliver physician-led virtual care. Its portfolio spans tele-critical care (tele-ICU), tele-hospitalist coverage, virtual nursing, virtual sitting, virtual telemetry, and a multi-specialty suite including tele-neurology/stroke, tele-psychiatry, tele-cardiology, tele-nephrology, tele-infectious disease, tele-pulmonology, and EEG monitoring for adult and pediatric patients. Service delivery is structured around two proprietary models — ProviderPOD™ and the Virtual Care Collaboration Center — that coordinate a distributed, decentralized clinical workforce to provide 24/7 specialty coverage.

The company sells primarily through an enterprise field-sales motion targeting U.S. hospitals and health systems, with a deliberate focus on rural and community facilities facing specialist shortages. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured as recurring service contracts (subscription model). Technology is delivered via the Cliniverse partner ecosystem, which integrates with platforms from AvaSure, Philips, Caregility, eVisit, Artisight, and others; Equum's competitive edge is positioned around its clinician workforce, workflow maturity, and channel reach — including a distribution footprint of 200+ hospitals following the December 2025 VeeOne Health clinical services acquisition and an expanded AvaSure partnership providing access to 1,200+ hospitals.

Equum is privately held, backed by a $20 million growth equity round from Heritage Group in August 2021, and operates with 11–50 employees. Strategic priorities visible from the input data include scaling the high-acuity tele-specialty portfolio, capturing rural healthcare demand through partnerships with the NRHA and the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Alliance, and deepening technology integrations across its partner ecosystem.

Name

Equum Medical

Legal name

Equum Medical

Website

https://equummedical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Equum Medical is a New York City-based acute care telehealth provider serving U.S. hospitals and health systems with tele-ICU, tele-hospitalist, virtual nursing, virtual sitting, and multi-specialty physician-led virtual care delivered through a distributed clinical workforce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Telehealth Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Specialty Care Platforms (tele-stroke, tele-ICU, tele-derm, tele-cardiology) (HLALABAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hospital-at-Home & Acute Virtual Care Platforms (HLALABAC)

Keywords

• Acute care telehealth
• TeleICU services
• Virtual nursing
• Tele-hospitalist coverage
• Remote patient monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Telehealth Clinical Services: Equum Medical provides acute care telehealth services to hospitals and health systems, generating revenue through service contracts that deliver remote clinical care across multiple specialties including tele-ICU, tele-hospitalist, multi-specialty consults, virtual nursing, and virtual sitting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Equum Medical provides acute care telehealth services to hospitals and health systems through a distributed clinical workforce delivering 24/7 physician-led virtual care. Its core offerings include tele-critical care (tele-ICU), tele-hospitalist coverage, multi-specialty consults (tele-neurology/telestroke, tele-psychiatry, tele-cardiology, tele-nephrology, tele-infectious disease, tele-pulmonology), virtual nursing, virtual sitting, and virtual telemetry, delivered via the ProviderPOD™ service model and a Virtual Care Collaboration Center.

Product overview

Equum Medical operates as a telehealth-enabled acute care clinical workforce provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of telehealth services. The platform delivers physician-led virtual care including multi-specialty consults (neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, nephrology, infectious disease, pulmonology), tele-ICU/critical care, tele-hospitalist coverage, virtual nursing, virtual sitting, and virtual telemetry services. The company employs a distributed, decentralized clinician workforce to provide 24/7 coverage to hospitals. Its service delivery models include the ProviderPOD™ and Virtual Care Collaboration Center. The company serves over 200 hospitals nationwide and partners with technology platforms like AvaSure to deliver integrated virtual care solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tele-Critical Care (Tele-ICU) Provides 24/7 consultative care for high acuity patients and advisory services for critically ill patients from the ED to ICU, addressing ICU coverage gaps for hospitals and health systems.
• Tele-Hospitalist Delivers consistent, high-quality inpatient care through virtual hospitalists when on-site resources are stretched thin, supporting hospitals facing physician shortages.
• Tele-Multi-Specialty Provides remote expertise across multiple medical subspecialties including neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, nephrology, infectious disease, and pulmonology for improved patient care in hospitals.
• Virtual Nursing Remote nurses deliver virtual nursing services including admission, discharge coverage, monitoring, and mentoring for new RNs, helping return time to bedside care.
• Virtual Sitter Provides remote 24/7 audiovisual observation of patients to lower adverse events and costs, with one specialist able to oversee up to 16 patients simultaneously.
• Virtual Telemetry Connects telemetry data to telehealth resources with continuous monitoring support via trained technicians for improved patient flow and care.
• Tele-Neurology & Telestroke Offers 24/7 neurologist access with immediate video consults ensuring expert neurological and stroke care at any hour.
• Tele-Psychiatry Provides rapid access to specialty psychiatric care to minimize ED boarding and improve behavioral health response times.
• Tele-Cardiology Provides 24/7 access to board-certified cardiologists and cardiac specialists for remote cardiac care consultations.
• Tele-Nephrology Delivers on-demand or scheduled nephrology coverage through telehealth consultations across all hospital departments.
• Tele-Infectious Disease Virtual infectious disease specialists help take the complexity out of infection management in hospital settings.
• Tele-Pulmonology Tele-pulmonology specialists help take the guesswork out of respiratory care, improving outcomes for patients with respiratory conditions.
• Adult EEG Monitoring Provides real-time 24/7 EEG monitoring to detect seizure activity in adult patients.
• Pediatric EEG & Seizure Tele-Consults Delivers 24/7 pediatric neuro access with expert support for seizure detection and management in pediatric patients.

Quantifiable outcome

• One specialist can oversee safety of up to 16 patients simultaneously with Virtual Sitter program
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and supporting.

• RHT Alliance (GHC Industries)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2026Equum Medical is a member of the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Alliance, a coordinated initiative to help rural healthcare providers access and maximize RHTP funding. The $50 billion federal initiative allocates $10 billion annually from fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to transform rural healthcare delivery.
• AvaSurecoreTechnology or Integration · 20 January 2026Expanded partnership to deliver physician-led virtual care—including multi-specialty consults, tele-ICU, and virtual hospitalist coverage—on AvaSure's enterprise platform used by more than 1,200 hospitals. The integrated model allows health systems to expand from virtual nursing and observation into physician-led specialty care.
• National Rural Health Association (NRHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEquum Medical and NRHA have a renewed partnership to bring advanced telehealth and workforce solutions to rural communities. Equum is a Gold Partner of NRHA and member of the NRHA HIT Coalition.
• VeeOne HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn May 2025, Equum Medical acquired clinical health services from VeeOne Health, gaining access to Tele-ICU, Tele-Pulmonary, Tele-Neurology, Tele-Psychiatry, and Tele-Infectious Disease service lines. In December 2025, Equum completed the acquisition of VeeOne Health's clinical services portfolio.
• Technology Ecosystem PartnerssupportingTechnology or IntegrationEquum Medical's Cliniverse ecosystem integrates tools and innovations from technology partners including Artisight, Blue Cirrus, Caregility, eVisit, HRS, Nashville, NCHN, Philips, VitalChat, Avia, and ATA.
• Forbes Business CouncilsupportingOthersEquum Medical is an official member of the Forbes Business Council for 2025, providing thought leadership and industry visibility opportunities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Amwell (American Well): A broad telehealth platform serving health systems with both ambulatory and acute care virtual care capabilities, providing direct overlap with Equum's enterprise hospital sales motion.
• Philips (eICU/Remote Patient Monitoring): A large medical technology incumbent whose eICU and remote monitoring solutions compete in the tele-ICU space and are bundled with Philips bedside hardware and EMR integrations across U.S. hospitals.
• GE HealthCare: A broad healthcare technology incumbent offering critical care monitoring and clinical command center solutions that intersect with Equum's tele-ICU value proposition across large hospital systems.
• Teladoc Health (InTouch Health): The largest U.S. telehealth company, with acquired InTouch Health acute care hospital capabilities; competes for enterprise hospital contracts and broader virtual care budgets alongside Equum.

Direct peers

• Hicuity Health: One of the largest pure-play U.S. tele-ICU and acute care telehealth providers, serving hundreds of hospitals with continuous remote critical care — the most direct head-to-head competitor to Equum Medical's Tele-Critical Care and Tele-Hospitalist services.
• Access TeleCare (formerly SOC Telemed): Provides acute specialty telemedicine (tele-ICU, tele-stroke, tele-psychiatry, tele-infectious disease) to hospitals and health systems, directly overlapping with Equum's multi-specialty and tele-critical care portfolio.
• Baptist Health Telehealth / Avera eCARE: Avera eCARE is one of the original tele-ICU and rural acute telehealth programs, serving hospitals across the U.S. with remote specialist coverage — directly comparable to Equum's rural hospital focus.

Emerging players

• Specialists on Call (SOC) / Apollo Telehealth: Apollo Telehealth provides tele-ICU and multi-specialty virtual care services to hospitals globally; it overlaps with Equum on tele-ICU and specialty consult delivery and may compete internationally.

Others

• AvaSure: AvaSure's enterprise virtual nursing and observation platform (used by 1,200+ hospitals) is a strategic technology partner of Equum, but its nurse-led sitter product competes partially with Equum's Virtual Sitter and Virtual Nursing services.
• Vivify Health (Optum): A remote patient monitoring and virtual care platform owned by Optum; adjacent to Equum's acute care telehealth services and a potential partner or competitor for hospital virtual care budgets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EquumM

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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