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AI-based digital health company used by CommonSpirit raises $25M
Vital, an artificial intelligence-powered digital patient experience company, raised $24.7 million in series B financing. -
OSF HealthCare, Illinois State to launch healthcare innovation network
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is partnering with Illinois State University to launch the Illinois Innovation Network, which aims to focus on innovation within clinical and patient education, healthcare engineering, data science, and cybersecurity. -
Not time to 'pull back': UPMC, Mass General Brigham, Penn leaders on innovation in '23
Health system innovation leaders told Becker's economic pressures such as rising interest rates and bank failures make it even more imperative to reshape healthcare, but in a more focused way. -
Wearable neurotech company raises $73M
Cognito Therapeutics, a neurotechnology company creating therapies for central nervous system diseases, raised $73 million in a series B financing round. -
Brigham and Women's Hospital to verify education effects of medical VR
Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital is partnering with medical technology company Jolly Good to test its medical VR technology. -
Pfizer leads $123M financing round for precision medicine company
Pfizer Ventures co-led a $123 million series B financing round for Flare Therapeutics, a biotech company working to discover precision medicines for cancer and other diseases. -
New York hospital launches AI-powered cancer screenings
Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital is using the artificial intelligence-powered GI Genius intelligent endoscopy tool to help clinicians detect polyps, auburnpub.com reported March 21. -
J&J Innovation, Salesforce CEO back $90M funding round for AI-based predictive cancer test company
Artera, a company using artificial intelligence to develop predictive cancer tests, launched with a $90 million funding round that saw participation from Johnson & Johnson Innovation and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. -
3 quantum computing, AI projects Cleveland Clinic, IBM have in the works
From using quantum computing to screen and optimize drugs, to using quantum-enhanced prediction models for cardiovascular disease, Cleveland Clinic and IBM's 10-year Discovery Accelerator partnership is using artificial intelligence, quantum computing and cloud technologies to work on projects that aim to advance the pace of biomedical research. -
Digital health company raises $12M
Mindset Health, a digital hypnotherapy company for patients with chronic conditions, raised $12 million in series A funding. -
4 health systems launching, expanding home-based care programs
Here are four health systems that launched, expanded or announced plans to launch a "hospital-at-home" program: -
Mayo Clinic selects AI-based diagnostics company to join accelerator program
Mediwhale, a South Korean artificial intelligence-powered health diagnostics company, has been selected for the MedTech Accelerator, an entrepreneurial and business development program for healthcare companies put on by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Tempe-based Arizona State University. -
MaineHealth using AI to record patient conversations
Portland-based MaineHealth is piloting the use of Dragon Ambient Experience, a tool to record and transcribe patient conversations, from software and artificial intelligence company Nuance', the Bangor Daily News reported March 21. -
Nicklaus Children's launches VR driving program
Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Hospital has launched a virtual reality driving program for autistic and neurodivergent teens preparing to take their driver's exam. -
Buffalo General joins with Mount Sinai, UPMC to host Synchron's brain-computer interface tech trial
The Gates Vascular Institute at Buffalo (N.Y.) General Medical Center is partnering with brain-computer interface company Synchron to launch a trial exploring restoring functionality to patients with severe paralysis. -
Harvard Business School alumni back health data company
Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Chicago joined in a $1.7 million seed funding round for health wearables data company Rook. -
Intermountain launches precision medicine company
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has launched Culmination Bio, a biotech company that plans to help analyze millions of data points to predict, prevent and treat disease. -
Cleveland Clinic, IBM installs first healthcare quantum computer
Cleveland Clinic and IBM have installed the first healthcare quantum computer at the health system, SDxCentral reported March 20. -
Nuance, Microsoft bet big on GPT for healthcare
Nuance Communications, a software and conversational artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft, launched Dragon Ambient Experience Express, a clinical documentation application that uses OpenAI's newest model, GPT-4. -
Almost half of health systems use AI to tackle workforce issues
Forty-seven percent of hospitals and health systems reported that they are turning to artificial intelligence to help alleviate staffing and labor insufficiencies, a March 15 survey from the Health Management Academy found.
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