Innovation

Proscia, a company that uses artificial intelligence to treat and research cancer, has raised $37 million in series C funding.

Syracuse, N.Y.-based Upstate University Hospital will deploy a fleet of robots to perform non-clinical tasks such as transporting medicine and meals to patients. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has partnered with med tech company Becton, Dickinson and Co. to give the company access to its de-identified data from 10 million patients to create new products.  

Columbia University Irving Medical Center is steering an initiative to combine nursing expertise with artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes.

The Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina and Clemson (S.C.) University have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Library of Medicine to use big data and artificial intelligence to reduce health disparities in the state and beyond.

Healthcare organizations are increasingly moving to the cloud, but a lack of investment in technology prevents them from fully realizing its potential, according to a report from market researcher Forrester.

CareBridge, a startup that provides value-based care using technology, closed on $140 million in financing June 8 to launch the firm into "unicorn" status.

A hospital that outfitted its medical residents with infrared badges found they spent only about 13 percent of their time at the patient bedside.

H1, a big data startup focused on healthcare, has secured a series C extension, bringing the total for the funding round to $123 million.

Boston-based Mass General Brigham operates a venture capital arm to fund healthcare companies that use intellectual property from the health system's own researchers.