Amwell named Cynthia Horner, M.D., FAAFP, as its chief medical officer. Horner has also been named president of Amwell?s clinical partner, Amwell Medical Group (AMG), a nationwide network of clinicians delivering virtual care 24 hours a day, every day, exclusively on the Amwell platform. As chief medical officer, Horner will partner with hospital systems and payers to implement digital health care solutions that enable high-quality clinical and financial outcomes, improve the care experience, reduce friction and adhere to complex regulatory requirements.

She will also inform the clinical aspects of Amwell?s product strategy. In addition, Horner will provide clinical direction for AMG?s offerings, which include virtual primary care, urgent care, behavioral health and women?s health. Along with medical care, AMG also offers a behavioral health practice, ensuring a comprehensive and holistic approach to patient care.

Horner joined AMG in 2016 as a physician, before being named medical director and then AMG?s head of general medicine and quality. Prior to Amwell, Horner practiced family medicine for 25 years. She also spent more than a decade as a board member for Helping Children Worldwide, where she counseled the non-profit on health-related programming for children and residents of Sierra Leone in West Africa.