Innovation

Below is a list of investments that health systems made in digital health startups and internal innovation efforts in the last 30 days.

While more healthcare providers turned to chatbots for patient triaging during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say the technologies powering these virtual assistants still need advancing before coming close to imitating a physician's brain, The Washington Post reported. 

Cincinnati- based Bon Secours Mercy Health formed a partnership with Trilliant Health, an intelligent predictive analytics and patient acquisition platform, the health system announced July 22. 

Bayonne, N.J.-based CarePoint Health on July 21 unveiled its new innovation center, which aims to partner with health IT vendors, investors and startups to improve patient experience and clinical applications. 

When it comes to driving innovation, pushing for leveraging more technology throughout healthcare is crucial to bringing down costs, said Meghan Joyce, COO and executive vice president of platform for Oscar.

Health outcomes and artificial intelligence technology company OM1 recently raised $85 million to expand its data cloud and clinical registries platform, the company said July 16. 

University of California San Diego Health plans to begin construction on its new $70 million, seven-story innovation center next month, according to a July 13 La Jolla Light report. 

Truveta, a healthcare data analytics startup formed by 14 U.S. health systems, welcomed three new members to the company and closed a $95 million financing round, it announced July 13. 

Eight hospitals and health systems have opened or announced plans to establish new centers focused on healthcare innovation this year. 

Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University's biological engineering institute have teamed up to establish a new accelerator program that aims to create new diagnostic technologies for clinical care, the organizations said July 9.