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Also, Israeli startup Well-Beat teams with UST to launch digital patient engagement solution.

As more competitors enter an already oversupplied telehealth market, gaining consumer loyalty will be even harder, especially when competing against brands like Walmart and Amazon.

Also: Vocal biomarker company Kintsugi raises $20 million, VR startup XRHealth scoops up $10 million and Gesund.ai emerges from stealth with $2 million.

Also, Northern Ireland partners with Sectra to digitise pathology. 

Germany’s Bayer has launched Saudi Arabia’s first “digital hub” to improve management of pulmonary hypertension (PH), it has announced.

Orlando Health's chief digital and information officer discusses the challenges and success stories over the past couple of years. She also reveals what she'll be seeking at HIMSS22 and offers some tips for Orlando visitors.

This week's top stories include the Mayo Clinic no longer scheduling appointments for patients in most Medicare Advantage plans, and an Oklahoma City hospital's security response after COVID-19-related social media posts accused providers of murder.

Healthy.io, a healthtech venture that already has offices in Israel, the UK, and the US, is expanding operations across MENA via a new partnership with the UAE’s Seed Group.

Also: Patricia Baran joins personal ECG company AliveCor, while SDOH analytics platform Socially Determined and virtual surgery startup Proximie both add two new members to their executive teams.

Also, HCA Healthcare UK opens £26M specialist oncology unit at UCLH.