Innovation

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services has partnered with software company Care.ai to implement the company's Virtual Nursing platform at Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Medical Center. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is introducing a remote COPD monitoring program for patients with the chronic lung disease.

MSK Innovation Hub, the innovation arm of New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, partnered with biotech company NovelStem International to optimize and validate its bioinformatics-based software as a medical device diagnostic platform.

Becker's reported on seven hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans to establish new centers focused on healthcare innovation in 2022. 

EyeKnow, an Israeli startup that uses artificial intelligence to reduce workplace violence, won a $75,000 nursing care challenge that enables it to develop its solution and enter the U.S. market with the help of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health.

Tellus Therapeutics, a neonatal care company specializing in treating newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit, raised $35 million in series A financing.

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Ricky Rubio has launched his "I am Ready" project in the U.S., designed to bring virtual reality to pediatric cancer patients, NBA.com reported Dec. 12.

Several health systems will use a feedback platform that filters positive comments from patients in an attempt to reduce provider burnout.

A Mississippi hospital is among the users of a new electronic medication tray management system.

By Elizabeth A. Morris, MD, FACR, FSBI, FISMRM; Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, UC Davis Health