As funding for healthcare artificial intelligence funding cools down in 2023, hospital leaders are targeting vendors that can be easily integrated within their system's infrastructure. 

Texas County Memorial Hospital received a $47,450 grant to implement an FDA-approved artificial intelligence tool to enhance stroke care.

Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company Neuralink raised $280 million in series D financing.

By the end of 2023, funding for healthcare artificial intelligence companies is expected to fall 28 percent year-over-year, according to an Aug. 1 report from CBInsights. 

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health clinicians are using the Dax app from Nuance, a software company owned by Microsoft, to generate clinical notes and save time charting, CNBC reported Aug. 7.

Tampa General Hospital is seeing a payoff from its remote home care monitoring program through a partnership with Signallamp Health. 

Amid challenges like staff shortages, physician burnout and endless administrative tasks, hospitals and health systems still are striving to scale their services and impact. To make improvements that are sustainable and efficient, many are revisiting their provider credentialing processes.

AVA, standing for AI virtual assistant, is UNC Health's internal version of ChatGPT that is hosted within the health system's own secure environment.

Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health Care has a new command center that uses artificial intelligence to provide staff with data on the availability for each area of the hospital, 14 News reported Aug. 1.  

Columbus-based OhioHealth is partnering with Zipline to deliver prescriptions to patients' homes via drone.

Rush University System for Health has launched a remote patient monitoring program for Medicare and Medicaid patients in the Chicago area.

The American Hospital Association highlighted six healthcare startups it says could optimize providers' time and improve patient outcomes in an Aug. 1 article.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health plans to roll out "hospital at home" at 10 hospitals, with the first program launching later in August.

Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University's venture capital arm, Jefferson Innovation, is focusing on biotech and medical device investments.

Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health is partnering with CVS Health subsidiary Signify Health on value-based care.

Reed Jobs, the son of Steve Jobs, launched Yosemite, a spinoff from Emerson Collective Health, with $200 million to invest in oncology. 

Cleveland Clinic led a $17.6 million series B financing round for Enspire DBS, a company developing neuromodulation therapy for patients recovering from a stroke.

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health entered into a five-year partnership with Microsoft to create the Duke Health AI Innovation Lab and Center of Excellence.

Health system digital leaders largely agree with the results of a recent Becker's poll that found predictive analytics is the technology that holds the most promise for healthcare.

Health systems across the U.S. continue to work closely with Big Tech companies to further their digital transformations. Here are the collaborations Becker's has reported on in the past month.