Xploro, a pediatric-focused digital health startup founded in the U.K., has opened a U.S. headquarters after receiving funding from two health system venture capital arms and hiring the former chief innovation officer of Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital.

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health Children's Hospital is offering its patient's a chance to tour the South Carolina Aquarium through a robot they can control without leaving their hospital bed, WYFF reported Jan. 25.

Winston, Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has been remotely monitoring some cardiac and heart failure patients in the Charlotte area since last year.

Pearl Health, a value-based care technology company focused on healthcare risk-bearing, has raised $75 million in a series B funding round.

Hospitals are looking to invest in new technologies and work-on innovations that will improve the care patients receive.

With technology and financial pressures having penetrated all levels of healthcare, it can sometimes seem as if the industry has become distracted from its fundamental human mission.

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has a venture capital arm that invests in early-stage health companies focused on care experience, financing, delivery and innovation.

SVB Capital, the venture capital and credit investing arm of Silicon Valley Bank, led the $25 million financing for Health Payment Systems, a healthcare financing or payment company.

The NFL Players Association and Silicon Valley Bank participated in a $40 million financing round for Miach Orthopedics, a medtech company that creates an implant allowing patients to help heal their anterior cruciate ligament tears. 

Atomic AI, a biotech company focusing on RNA drug discovery, launched with a $35 million series A financing round.

A sterile compounding pharmacy company backed by the venture capital arms of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has appointed a new leader.

Following a March 2022 rollout, Dimension, a venture capital fund focusing on digital life science, launched its first fund with $350 million to invest.

Researchers at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine have developed a Theranos-like test that screens for health measures using a single drop of blood.

Novant Health Enterprises, the venture capital arm of the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health system, has partnered with private equity firm TPG to expand medical imaging company MedQuest Associates nationwide.

University of Chicago has debuted an accelerator to develop and fund artificial intelligence and data science startups, including those focused on healthcare.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is rolling out two new mobile health units to conduct physicals, screenings and immunizations for community members and employers.

Orlando (Fla.) Health has entered into an agreement with global technology-enabled care delivery provider Biofourmis to use its tools to power its hospital-at-home program.  

For former hospital chief Stephen Klasko, MD, working in the venture capital world has been a humbling experience.

Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform healthcare delivery, and hospitals across the country are making serious investments in AI.

A spinoff of New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System that aims to predict autism in babies using a single strand of hair has raised $16 million in series A funding.