Innovation

Sidney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center is set to break ground on a new $21 million long-term care facility May 18, the North Platte Post reported May 9.

The Eli Lilly and Co. social impact venture capital portfolio received an additional $50 million, bringing the company's total to $300 million.

Ubie, an artificial intelligence-powered symptom checker company, partnered with Google's Android platform, Health Connect (Beta), in Japan.

The investment arms of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy joined in a $7.7 million series A funding round for clinical artificial intelligence company Lucem Health.

Northwell Holdings, the venture capital arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, partnered with Aegis Ventures to launch Optain, an artificial intelligence-powered ocular health company, with a $12 million seed investment.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has established a new center focused on advancing artificial intelligence and machine learning. 

Researchers at Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University used machine learning tools to analyze EHR data and find that secondary bacterial pneumonia was the major cause of death in seriously ill COVID-19 patients.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health awarded $1 million to two employee-driven healthcare innovation projects after 84 projects were submitted for consideration. 

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is using the artificial intelligence-powered Bionik InMotion robotic arm to make stroke therapy more engaging, local news outlet WFTS reported May 8.

This episode features Laura Dyrda, Vice President & Editor-in-Chief at Becker's Healthcare. Here, she discusses the term “health systems” becoming obsolete as organizations evolve and emerging innovative healthcare technologies.