Healthcare investment firm Patient Square Capital aims to raise more than $6 billion for its second fund focused on healthcare services, according to PitchBook.

Sherri Hess, vice president and chief nursing informatics officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, said the organization has provided more than 100,000 iPhones to its clinicians.

Transcarent, a $2.2 billion healthcare startup backed by health systems, is developing an artificial intelligence chatbot to help patients answer healthcare questions, Forbes reported May 15.

Digital fitness platforms are moving way beyond step-counting and heart rate monitoring. Today, these platforms are beginning to affect multiple facets of an individual's health — from integration with fitness centers to becoming a requirement for reimbursement of popular GLP-1 drugs for weight loss.

In an era marked by an abundance of options in the health IT marketplace, Mayo Clinic Platform aims to get proven tools to healthcare providers. 

Biotech company Cue Health is enacting a new cost-cutting strategy that will lead to the termination of 230 employees, constituting 49% of its workforce, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Memorial Hermann Health System said it will increase its reach and support the shift to value-based care by investing in a $2.2 billion digital health startup.

Hippocratic AI, a healthcare generative AI startup valued at $500 million, now counts 12 nursing leaders as advisors, including four from health systems.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has created a generative artificial intelligence app, CS Connect, that can interact with patients and ask them questions, the Los Angeles Business Journal reported April 29. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has introduced a digital health platform that texts patients to set up at-home colon cancer screenings.

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has expanded virtual care to three other states.

A majority of healthcare organizations have embraced Apple's iPhone and iPad as their go-to shared-use smart devices, an April 10 report from KLAS found. 

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai expanded its virtual primary care app April 10.

When it comes to artificial intelligence, Cleveland Clinic is focusing on how to use the technology to better evaluate its patients and to drive greater caregiver efficiencies.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence has spun off a digital health startup after it received a $20 million investment.

Nine health systems are partnering with a venture studio aiming to launch digital health startups.

Digital health deal values plummeted in 2023, even as the number of deals increased, according to Pitchbook.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health signed a new partnership to bring generative artificial intelligence to more than 12,000 affiliated physicians systemwide.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has launched a mobile app that gives patients access to 24/7 virtual care, KEYC reported March 21. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Platform is helping bring digital health tools to market by launching Solutions Studios.