An artificial intelligence company spun out of Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital was acquired by Paradigm, a clinical trial startup that emerged from stealth mode Jan. 27 with $203 million in funding, Columbus Inno reported.
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New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is one of the largest health systems in the country and has made notable investments through its venture capital arm.
Durham, N.C.-Duke Health is creating the Algorithim-Based Clinical Decision Support Oversight Committee to provide guidance and overview of predictive artificial intelligence algorithms in healthcare, WRAL TechWire reported Feb. 2.
New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine is partnering with life sciences technology company NanoString Technologies to create multicellular, single-cell and sub-cellular datasets and maps of 30 non-diseased organs.
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Renton, Wash.-based Providence has a venture capital arm that targets early- to late-stage investments in health IT/digital health/tech-enabled services, medical devices and diagnostics.
Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Cigna Ventures participated in a $34 million funding round for NOCD, a company that offers virtual treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Medtech startups were among the sectors most affected by the 30 percent fourth-quarter drop in New York City-based startup seed funding rounds, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 1.
Aluna, an artificial intelligence-powered lung health platform, raised $15.3 million in a series B financing round.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has entered into a know-how and stock purchase agreement with digital health company Xsensio to develop wearables for critical care.