Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health has opened a virtual care clinic at a local apartment complex.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine was awarded $100,000 for its artificial intelligence tool that can identify patients who are at risk of a heart attack. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has a virtual nursing command center in Colorado that monitors patients across eight hospitals in two states, CBS News Colorado reported May 11.

New York Blood Center, a nonprofit organization that provides blood, infusion services and research to hospitals, is launching its first venture capital fund with $50 million to invest.

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare is partnering with health tech company healthPrecision to develop an artificial intelligence-based platform that can help reduce hospital nurses' documentation burden.

Orlando (Fla.) Health is a large health system with a sizable venture capital arm, Orlando Health Ventures, to match. 

Generative artificial intelligence, although a new technology, is already showing signs of potential in the healthcare industry; for example, the technology is being used for ambient documentation and is helping lower drug research and development costs, CB Insights reported May 9.  

As artificial intelligence tools become more commonplace in the medical field, a survey of American patients from Tebra found 80 percent believe that AI has the potential to improve healthcare quality.

Biopharmaceutical research and commercialization company Syneos Health is set to be acquired by Elliott Investment Management, Patient Square Capital and Veritas Capital for $43 per share, or $7.1 billion.

With the buzz around artificial intelligence tools, the venture capital arms of top health systems are taking notice and investing in AI companies.

Patients at Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center prefer virtual to in-person visits for cancer care, the organization found.

Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health gave out $15,000 to each of six innovation projects at its annual "Shark Tank" event.

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health intends to have virtual nursing in each of its markets by the end of 2023, with plans to have it across the entire system within five years.

Here are three recent investments from Northwell, Intermountain and Kaiser:

Sidney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center is set to break ground on a new $21 million long-term care facility May 18, the North Platte Post reported May 9.

The Eli Lilly and Co. social impact venture capital portfolio received an additional $50 million, bringing the company's total to $300 million.

Ubie, an artificial intelligence-powered symptom checker company, partnered with Google's Android platform, Health Connect (Beta), in Japan.

The investment arms of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy joined in a $7.7 million series A funding round for clinical artificial intelligence company Lucem Health.

Northwell Holdings, the venture capital arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, partnered with Aegis Ventures to launch Optain, an artificial intelligence-powered ocular health company, with a $12 million seed investment.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has established a new center focused on advancing artificial intelligence and machine learning.