Innovation

Here are the hospitals and health systems that have distributed innovation funds — to startups, internal projects and venture funds — this year, beginning with the most recent:

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's accelerator has selected seven health tech startups to join its newest class.

Ambient intelligence and bioprinting are some of the big technologies that researchers predict may become "game changers" in healthcare over the next year, according to a recent CB Insights report.

Carevive, an oncology care management data platform, on Feb. 18 closed an $18 million series C financing round.

Columbus will become the third city in Ohio to establish a state-funded medical innovation district, according to a Feb. 17 report from local radio station WOSU.

Cleveland Clinic is building a biorepository slated to start operations in June, which it hopes to incorporate into the newly-founded Cleveland Innovation District, Cleveland.com reported Feb. 17.

Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota partnered with Google Cloud to create an education program for students pursuing healthcare careers, the university announced Feb. 12.

Ask almost any healthcare consultant what it is they wish they had access to, and nine out of 10 times, they’ll say extensive clinical and financial data.

Fourteen health systems, including Trinity Health, Northwell Health and Tenet Health, are partnering to create a comprehensive, de-identified data platform that will glean more robust insights on medical conditions such as rare diseases and COVID-19.

Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health and Mercy Fort Smith said Feb. 9 they will invest $1 million in a healthcare sciences innovation center for students in the Fort Smith, Ark., area.