Siemens Healthineers is Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health's first strategic partner for its $1.5 billion innovation district, dubbed "The Pearl," Charlotte Observer reported July 21. 

Baton Rouge (La.) General is hoping to test out Google's artificial intelligence-powered chatbot designed to answer medical questions, Med-PaLM 2, at its own facility, The Advocate reported July 20. 

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is preparing to roll out a limited ChatGPT technology that can help its clinicians answer emails, The Advocate reported July 20. 

As hospital-at-home programs have expanded, so have responsibilities for family caregivers, NPR reported.

Artificial intelligence-enabled platforms are raising eyebrows in hospitals throughout the country, teasing diagnostic and treatment innovations that are just down the pike. 

To partner or to build? That is the question health systems are asking themselves with many digital health technologies, "hospital at home" being the latest example.

More than 20 health systems and other organizations have joined a consortium to research and develop strategies for generative artificial intelligence in healthcare.

Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health is using virtual nursing tools to assist floor nurses and connect patients with care when they need it, Renown Chief Medical Information Officer Sarah Kramer, MD, told Becker's.

VitalConnect, a company that produces remote monitoring technology used by New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and Hackensack (N.J.) Medical Center, raised $30 million in series F financing.

Researchers from New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System have created an artificial intelligence model that can predict which existing medicines and preclinical compounds may cause congenital disabilities.

The American Hospital Association has recognized three health systems for their innovative approaches to improving healthcare quality.

New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health installed Aidoc, an artificial intelligence-powered clinical workflow platform, at 17 of its New York state hospitals.

Bluesight, a data analytics company backed by Kaiser Permanente Ventures, has acquired competitor Medacist after an investment from private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

Researchers from Stanford University (Calif.) found that clinical notes written by ChatGPT were largely indistinguishable from those written by senior medical residents, MedPage Today reported July 17.

After a hot healthcare venture capital market over the last couple of years, healthcare companies' funding has dissipated.

Los Angeles-based Cedars Sinai plans to adopt an artificial intelligence chatbot from startup K Health that will steer patients toward the right level of care and connect them with a human provider if needed, Forbes reported July 17.

Hospital venture capital leaders told Becker's that despite a cooler funding environment than in previous years, they are still excited about artificial intelligence's capacity to change healthcare.

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health and Oklahoma City-based OU Health are among the health systems treating cancer patients in the home, but leaders there said cultural and infrastructure changes are needed for the care model to reach its full potential, Home Health Care News reported.

As artificial intelligence proliferates and virtual nursing expands, hospitals and health systems have been highly focused on innovation. Here are 17 projects Becker's reported on in the past month. 

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has employed a team of researchers to create machine learning models that can help reduce emergency department wait times, WCBU reported July 13.