Innovation

Mayo Clinic has joined a $13 million funding round for BrightInsight, a digital health startup focused on medical adherence. The Rochester, Minn.-based health system is among the new investors in the company, along with such venture capital firms as General…

Amazon’s One Medical and Cleveland Clinic have opened their second collaborative primary care office. The new office, located in Shaker Heights, Ohio, offers preventive care, chronic disease management and treatment for common illnesses such as colds and flu. Patients also…

Tommy Ibrahim, MD, the new executive vice president and chief transformation officer of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, told Becker’s he plans to leverage AI and other emerging technologies to boost value-based care in a challenging environment for rural healthcare.…

OpenAI is continuing its push into healthcare by investing in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup co-founded by its CEO, Sam Altman. Merge Labs is a new competitor to Elon Musk’s Neuralink, which has an implant in clinical trials to…

Meijer has partnered with WellSync to launch a virtual care service aimed at providing customers affordable access to treatment for common health concerns. The service, available through the Meijer website and pharmacy app, offers $29.99 visits with board-certified clinicians, according…

Microsoft has been working with startup founders and health systems on AI and augmented reality projects. The tech giant collaborated with augmented reality startup Strolll and Cleveland Clinic to develop a solution to help patients with Parkinson’s disease overcome gait…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is bolstering its technology leadership as its digital innovation department has grown from a “startup team to a scaled operation,” a new executive told Becker’s. The 190-hospital system appointed Whitney Staub-Juergens, DNP, RN, its inaugural vice…

Rural hospitals preparing to deploy federal Rural Health Transformation Program funding say workforce stability, cybersecurity and technology modernization are top early priorities, even as many continue to struggle with health IT tools designed for larger urban systems, according to a…

Canton, Ohio-based Aultman Health System is integrating ambient AI technology into its Oracle Health EHR system. The health system is rolling out Nabla to clinicians across inpatient and outpatient settings, aiming to reduce time spent on documentation, according to a…

For decades, academic health systems have approached innovation cautiously; not for lack of ambition, but because the economics rarely worked in their favor. Thin operating margins, long development timelines and uncertain returns made large-scale investment in innovation difficult to justify,…