Category: digital health

Renton, Wash.-based Providence successfully incubated its fourth technology through Providence Digital Innovation Group: Praia Health.

St. Luke’s and Saint Alphonsus health systems, both based in Boise, Idaho, have rolled out virtual nursing at seven hospitals, the Idaho Statesman reported.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health’s venture arm, Inception Health, and Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health’s venture arm, Ballad Ventures, backed a $2.5 million funding round for a senior housing and care solution platform. 

Biotech company Biogen is shutting down its 150-person digital health unit that was focused on gathering health data from mobile devices, The Boston Globe reported Sept. 28.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is deploying generative artificial intelligence technology from Microsoft to automate tasks for clinicians.

Beacon Health System said its artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation tool from Nuance has allowed its physicians to “improve” the number of patients they see. 

Doceree, a digital communications company for healthcare professionals, raised $35 million in series B financing. 

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is expanding artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation to all 12 of its hospitals.

Digital healthcare company Tendo is acquiring MDsave, an online healthcare marketplace, for $150 million, Philadelphia Business Journal reported Sept. 27.

Riverside Health System, based Newport News, Va., will use artificial intelligence to help radiologists identify cancer in mammograms.