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Cleveland Clinic's director of shared medical appointments, Dr. Marianne Sumego, previews her HIMSS23 lecture highlighting how to convert from in-person to virtual shared medical appointments and the advantages for patients and providers.

Transcarent will purchase 98point6's virtual care platform and care business. After the deal, 98point6 will focus on licensing its software to third-party providers.

The company reported $526.9 million in revenue last year compared with $271.9 million in 2021.

With focus on improving the output of care and quality, the nation steers toward value-based healthcare, says Dr. Ahmed Balkhair, advisor for digital transformation at the Saudi Ministry of Health.

The loss included $13.4 billion in noncash goodwill impairment charges related to the virtual care company's Livongo acquisition.

Virtual care can help fill gaps left by specialist deserts across the country as well as provider shortages, says Kuldeep Singh Rajput, CEO of Biofourmis, a tech vendor turned telemedicine provider organization. 

According to the state authorities, the online birth control company billed Medi-Cal for services it didn't provide and dispensed female condoms to beneficiaries who didn't request them.

The latter will soon be rebranded as MediBuddy vHealth.

Also, Lunit has deployed its AI mammography solution to Dubai Hospital.

The telehealth staffing and services startup confirmed it laid off 56 employees. It conducted an earlier round of layoffs over the summer.