Conformal Medical, a devicemaker focused on left atrial appendage occlusion technology, raised $35 million in series D financing.

The Health AI Partnership, a first-of-its-kind collaborative to develop best practices for artificial intelligence in healthcare, is seeking input from clinicians through June 16, the American Medical Association reported.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, based in Lebanon, N.H., is getting a $2 million center that will focus on precision medicine and artificial intelligence. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic's new clinical spaces, part of a $1 billion expansion, will interact with data from patient wearables, the StarTribune reported June 5.

23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki joined a $30 million investment round for Helium Health, an African healthcare technology financing company, TechCrunch reported June 5.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, when healthcare organizations created service line strategies, they typically only revisited them on occasion to make incremental adjustments.

Hospitals and health systems are increasing their investments in innovation efforts to spur news ideas and advance technology-enabled innovation.

Several health systems and tech companies were named founding members of CancerX, a digital health project that is part of the Biden administration's "cancer moonshot" initiative to cure the disease.

Many health systems are dipping their toes into venture capital, and Northwell Health is no exception. The New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based health system's venture arm, Northwell Holdings, has been making serious moves and maintains a diverse portfolio of healthcare companies.

LeanTaaS, a provider of software and artificial intelligence-powered tools to healthcare organizations, launched iQueue Autopilot, a generative AI tool designed to help hospital leaders with decision-making. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is one the most notable health systems in the country and has a large investment arm to match.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center used ChatGPT to speed up review and improvement of computer system alerts that are used to support clinical decision-making and found that the technology could provide top-rated suggestions.

Donna Gentile O'Donnell, PhD, has left her position as a senior innovation executive at Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health to work for a local venture capitalist, Philadelphia Business Journal reported.

Peoria-based OSF HealthCare and Bradley University gave out their first Innovation for Health grants totaling nearly $200,000, the 15-hospital system said June 1.

Biotech and precision medicine giant Illumina unveiled PrimateAI-3D, a new artificial intelligence algorithm that predicts disease-causing genetic mutations.

Artificial intelligence is all the rage right now, and healthcare companies using AI are raising some massive hauls.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare employees were forced to quickly adapt to numerous operational and clinical practice challenges. However, while many employees adapted, workplace stress and administrative burdens have caused some employees to leave the workforce and have exacerbated labor shortages. 

As disruptors like CVS Health and Walgreens, as well as health systems including Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, have been launching retail clinics, some parts of the country have been getting more than others, Definitive Healthcare reported.

Administration burdens such as EHR documentation cost U.S. healthcare $1 trillion annually, but to combat this, hospitals and health systems have been using and piloting artificial intelligence and generative AI to help significantly reduce administrative responsibilities for their providers.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is entering a know-how agreement with virtual rheumatology clinic Remission Medical.