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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.

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.

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. 

KeyCare's study of patients' relation to telemedicine offers insights for healthcare IT leaders and their work in virtual care. CEO Dr. Lyle Berkowitz explains the findings.

The consortium's collaboration and partnership opportunities may be the most beneficial to the HIMSS audience, according to James Hury, the Translational Research Institute for Space Health's chief innovation officer.

Hospitals are filling the need for psychiatrists and behavioral health services with virtual care, as Dr. Tom Milam, chief medical officer at Iris Telehealth, explains.

When is a virtual nurse needed? What are the skills required? What outcomes are hospitals seeing? Lisbeth Votruba, RN, chief clinical officer at AvaSure, explains.

Brave Health, a virtual behavioral healthcare provider, has big plans for its new $40 million Series C raise, according to CEO and cofounder Anna Lindow.

Mindstrong's chief clinical officer Dr. Holly Dubois discusses the work of the digital mental health company. She focuses on the role of virtual care and on a special program created to prevent suicide among veterans.

Interest and investment are combining to create a "golden age of digital health," explains Daniel Otzoy, John Snow, Inc.'s digital health technical advisor.