Scientists are turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop new antibiotics, as bacterial pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics, according to a July 11 report from Scientific American.

Kaid Health's natural language processing model was successful in identifying prolonged opioid usage three months after orthopedic surgery, according to a study published July 6 in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

Monterey, Calif.-based Montage Health is installing Xealth, a digital health platform spun out of Renton, Wash.-based Providence.

Digital health funding continues to slip, with the industry bringing in $2.5 billion in funding in the second quarter, putting 2023 on track to be the lowest funding year since 2019, according to data released July 10 by Rock Health. 

EHR vendor Epic Systems, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Optum have pledged their support for the Sequoia Project's new health data initiative that aims to make healthcare data more useful. 

From hospitals and health systems tapping into generative artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT to rolling out large-scale virtual nursing programs, 2023 has been a busy year for healthcare innovation already.

The National Academy of Medicine formed a digital health consortium in 2011 that continues to add members toward its aim of boosting population and patient-level health.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's health tech accelerator program welcomed 10 new startups to join its ninth cohort.

Jaewon Ryu, MD, president and CEO of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health, said Risant Health, the new nonprofit organization created by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, will give the organization more opportunity to invest in AI and machine learning, AMA Update…

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has begun offering digital mental health support from NeuroFlow to its patients and 36,000 employees.