Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers are studying the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate electrocardiograms to screen for atrial fibrillation.

Digital vision benefits platform XP Health has raised $17.1 million in series A funding.

Healthcare payments and security software company Sphere is partnering with EHR company eMedical Practice to deliver payment acceptance technology.

Medtech company Cionic has raised $12.5 million in series A funding.

UPMC Enterprises, the venture capital arm of UPMC, will allow technology company Clearsense to use its unstructured data platform to analyze patient data. 

The first supercomputer for artificial intelligence in medicine was developed at Stanford University in the early 1970s. So it makes sense that the health system affiliated with the university recently named its inaugural chief data scientist to integrate AI into patient care.

Mass General Brigham Ventures, Alphabet-backed GV and General Catalyst are all part of a $32 million seed funding round for Rippl, a tech-driven mental healthcare company focused on older adults.

Artificial intelligence lung cancer diagnosis company Optellum closed on a $14 million series A funding round.

Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.) will launch a new technology aimed at improving communication between physicians and first responders, WIVB reported Sept. 26. 

General Dynamics IT has been awarded a five-year, $110 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide IT and service desk support to VA locations nationwide, according to Sept. 26 reporting in Washington Technology.

Big Tech companies including Microsoft, Google and Amazon have been making headway in the healthcare industry through partnerships with hospitals and health systems.

Revenue cycle management company AGS Health is rolling out a new artificial intelligence revenue cycle management platform designed to help promote growth and alleviate labor shortages.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has a venture capital arm that focuses on evaluating and protecting intellectual property, funding and developing new technologies, and forming startups.

Healthcare development company NexCore Group and life sciences real estate company Hatchspaces completed the transformation of a building in Irvine, Calif., into a life sciences laboratory. 

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Florida College of Medicine are working to create AI algorithms that can predict whether patients will develop rare diseases. 

Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida has partnered with Raziel Health to use its remote care services and platform to remotely monitor patients.

Spectrum Health Ventures, part of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health, and Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System have invested in tech-based cost-cycle company SpendMend, the firm said Sept. 22.

Daryl Tol has gotten an upfront look at healthcare's digital shift from both the hospital C-suite and as a venture capitalist.

General Catalyst, the venture capital firm that has been collaborating with hospitals on digital innovation, is partnering with its first health system outside the U.S., according to a news release shared with Becker's.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has expanded its relationship with artificial intelligence-driven health tech company Nference to use deidentified patient data to help research and discover disease diagnoses and treatments.