Innovation

Fredericksburg, Va.-based Mary Washington Healthcare is partnering with telehealth company Caregility to launch a virtual nursing program at its Stafford (Va.) Hospital.

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is extending digital health to underserved patients through a state-funded collaboration with federally qualified health centers in Illinois.

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare is rolling out a 3D mammography van to expand breast cancer screenings with the latest standard of technology.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Enterprises, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Gates Frontier participated in the $51 million expansion series B financing round for drug discovery company Cerevance.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is launching an accelerator to help promising healthcare startups come to market.

The U.S. General Services Administration has launched a healthcare artificial intelligence competition focused on startups that can create practical solutions that can help federal agencies provide medical care. 

A World Health Organization report identified artificial intelligence as a tool that can support mental healthcare through planning and automation. However, it also highlighted a number of challenges with technology in mental healthcare.

As hospital-at-home programs rise in popularity, could surgical home-hospital care be next? Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital has been using a variety of digital tools to try caring for surgical patients remotely.

UC San Diego Health has received a $22 million gift to create an artificial intelligence-powered "mission control center."

Health systems including Rochester, Minn-based Mayo Clinic, Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health and Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham have received a $23.5 million grant to advance the use of artificial intelligence in intensive care units.