Hyro, a conversational artificial intelligence company used by Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health, raised $20 million in series B financing. 

Ordaos, a drug design company, was selected for the AWS Generative AI Accelerator.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's new center, dubbed the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education, will focus on "democratizing" artificial intelligence so all clinicians and biomedical researchers will be able to use it regardless of training or expertise, Jason Moore, PhD, director of the center, told Becker's. 

Fresh off unveiling its $100 million venture capital fund, Wellstar Health System said it plans to open a new innovation center in downtown Atlanta, Atlanta Business Chronicle reported.

UCLA Health, Cedars-Sinai and more are accelerating their adoption of artificial intelligence to help them interpret data, build predictive models, streamline tasks and procedures, and to enhance communication with patients. 

Ascension Ventures, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, and CVS Health Ventures participated in a $166 million funding round May 31 for Strive Health, a tech-enabled kidney care provider that focuses on value-based care.

Hospitals, physicians and medical educators in Boston are all making use of ChatGPT and its generative artificial intelligence capabilities, the Boston Globe reported.

The venture capital arms of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare and Cleveland-based University Hospitals joined in a $20 million series B financing round for clinical workforce intelligence company Axuall.

In the six months since the world was introduced to ChatGPT on Nov. 30, researchers have been testing the artificial intelligence chatbot in myriad ways to find out its potential effects on everything from how well it can write a college essay to whether or not it will be useful to physicians and hospitals.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the venture capital and incubator arm of Johnson & Johnson, named biotherapeutics company Ceramedix a resident company. 

Carrum Health, a value-based care platform, raised $45 million in an oversubscribed series B financing round.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has a large healthcare presence in Florida and a sizable venture capital arm to match.

Amazon is searching for a head of medical affairs to join a special projects team working on a "completely new, best-in-class medical device product."

Cardiac monitoring company HeartBeam entered into a strategic alliance with tech giant Samsung.

Amazon subsidiary One Medical plans to open its 11th clinic in the Washington, D.C., area, expanding its partnership with Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, ARLNow reported May 24.

Hospitals continue to seek out Big Tech companies to expand their digital health and EHR capabilities.

St. Paul, Minn.-based Gillette Children's is using artificial intelligence technology to automate its scheduling, pre-visit registration, appointment reminders and clinical intake forms.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is looking to expand its hospital-at-home program after one year of operation in order to treat transplant patients, Fox affiliate WTVT reported May 23. 

The University of Texas at Arlington's 150,000-square-foot Health Innovation and Smart Hospital features artificial intelligence-powered robots, virtual reality simulators and classrooms designed to mimic hospital units and patients' homes, D Magazine reported May 23.

Massachusetts General Hospital accused a former researcher of stealing trade secrets for a fat-freezing technology, obtaining a patent for the technology without giving the hospital credit and sharing information on a confidential deal.