Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize healthcare and mitigate clinicians' administrative burden. Many health systems, however, are still only in the earliest stages of changing their workflows to incorporate AI capabilities.
Innovation
Here is a list of 14 healthcare startups in which hospitals have invested in 2022.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Ventures participated in a $115 million funding round for nurse staffing platform IntelyCare.
Hospitals are using artificial intelligence in emergency rooms, inpatient wards and intensive care units to help identify and treat patients at highest risk for sepsis and an impending cardiac arrest or stroke, The Wall Street Journal reported April 10.
New York City-based Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital expanded the use of a seizure monitoring device to pediatric patients.
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Mayo Clinic launched a program called Monitoring at Charter House, which allows surgery patients to recover in an apartment nearby the system's flagship hospital in Rochester, Minn.
New technology may be able to analyze a patient's mental health solely by listening and evaluating changes in their voice, reported The New York Times April 5.
Alphabet-owned Wing will deliver over-the-counter medicines and household essentials sold at Walgreens via drones, The Wall Street Journal reported April 7.
Google has been doubling down on its healthcare ventures by investing in partnerships and technologies, from using artificial intelligence in diagnostics to creating science videos.
Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Hospital will host an innovation accelerator competition focused on developing new technology that addresses unmet pediatric needs.