Innovation

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was among the people and entities pouring $35 million into diagnostics company Visby Medical for a financing round totaling more than $135 million.

OSF Ventures, the investing arm of Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare, named Mayank Taneja as vice president of venture investments. 

Healthcare analytics is a burgeoning market, with health systems increasingly using data to drive clinical decision-making, predict patient outcomes and improve financial and operational performance.

As the use of AI ushers in great hope for advancement in the healthcare industry, there are also concerns about the impact this technology could have on human interaction, data, its success rates, as well as the burdens it could…

Health system IT and digital leaders have the opportunity to create and implement any number of innovations in the increasingly tech-driven healthcare industry.

Merck has launched a new program aimed at helping early-stage biomedical startups pilot their technologies. 

PicnicHealth, a tech company that collects and digitizes patients' medical records, closed on $60 million in series C funding June 27 to expand its digital research tool.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has partnered with health information company Exo to make ultrasounds more portable and accessible. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health is working with drone delivery company Zipline to fly specialty medications to patients via drones. 

Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital is partnering with Israeli digital health company FeelBetter to determine whether the use of data and technology can improve medication management for older Americans.