U.S. digital health startups secured $10.1 billion across 497 deals in 2024, slightly below 2023 figures, a Jan. 13 report from Rock Health found.

Independence (Pa.) Health is teaming up with Mitsui & Co. to create Avehealth USA, a new data platform designed to improve patient care by analyzing medical and performance data, Trib Live reported Jan. 12. 

Providence's venture capital arm has spun off from the health system and rebranded as Allumia Ventures.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has sold its proprietary behavioral health analytics model to Philadelphia-based NeuroFlow, a behavioral health technology company, to expand the model's reach and impact.

Despite a mixed year for venture capital investment in healthcare, three digital health companies became "unicorns" in 2024.

AtlantiCare is seeing success with the implementation of Oracle Health's Clinical AI Agent (CAA), formerly known as the Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant.

Rice University and Houston Methodist have partnered to establish the Digital Health Institute, a multiyear initiative aimed at leveraging technology and collaborative expertise to advance healthcare.

Nine health systems have joined the American Telemedicine Association's Center of Digital Excellence as founding members.

Healthcare IT leaders face challenges in finding cost-effective solutions to improve service desk operations, service delivery, and customer satisfaction. AI can streamline operations, boost productivity, and reduce the time spent on repetitive tasks. Aligning with Gartner’s 2024 priorities for customer service, AI tools for internal support enhance efficiency without the risks of customer-facing AI for complex issues. These tools offer significant benefits for healthcare IT service desks.

UPMC Enterprises, the innovation, commercialization and venture capital arm of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, sold a portfolio company to Carta Healthcare.

An Ohio economic development organization has dropped a lawsuit against defunct health IT company Olive AI, Columbus Business First reported Dec. 4.

Leaders from New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and Pittsburgh-based UPMC told Becker's a collaborative approach is best for using technology to solve healthcare's most pressing issues.

CB Insights has rolled out its "2024 Digital Health 50," a list highlighting the world's 50 most promising private digital health companies.

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System is taking a step forward in improving its revenue cycle processes by piloting a new generative AI solution from Xsolis.

Some Republican lawmakers are opposing plans to regulate AI in healthcare, specifically a Department of Health and Human Services proposal to establish assurance labs that would evaluate AI tools, Politico reported Dec. 2.

More than half of healthcare organizations are using artificial intelligence for at least one medical imaging task, up from 17% in 2018, according to a recent report from KLAS Research.

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health already has one of the largest hospital-at-home programs in the country. Now the health system is expanding into other home-care domains.

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy represented the healthcare industry recently on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to educate federal lawmakers about artificial intelligence.

Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have created an artificial intelligence tool called CelloType.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, which has one of the largest and most robust virtual nursing programs in the U.S., has expanded the care model.