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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.

It features a remote patient monitoring system that allows doctors to track multiple patients in a single dashboard.

The connected fitness company will also stop developing a manufacturing site and cut its warehousing and logistics operations.

German digital health company Temedica aims to provide new healthcare insights from wearables and apps.

 Purchase agreement with flight specialist Spright will enable large-scale medical drone deliveries in the US.

This week's top stories include SCOTUS blocking the Biden Administration vaccination rule for employees of large companies, while upholding a mandate for healthcare workers at facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding, and digital medicine platform Akili plans to go public through merging with SPAC Social Capital Suvretta.