Vonage: 2000% increase in telehealth video usage thanks to Coronavirus

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Just one health-care startup had 139,000 new doctors join and 1.35 million patients use telemedicine last week. Is this temporary or the evolution of a trend with staying power?   In this edition of TechFirst with John Koetsier, I chat with the CEO of Vonage, Alan Masarek.   Some of the increases he's seen:   - Total video traffic up 6.5x in last six months   - Total video traffic up just over 2x in the last 3 weeks of March   - Healthcare is specifically up more than 20x