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WESTBOROUGH — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced $6.6 million in grants to strengthen Massachusetts’ growing robotics industry and help companies turn cutting-edge ideas into products made here in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) published a story about its Hack the Health Gap Innovation Hackathon, which was created in partnership with the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI). The article quotes MeHI Director Keely Benson.

Microsoft is expanding its Dragon Copilot clinical assistant and integrating new artificial intelligence (AI) apps to support nurses, according to MobiHealthNews. The news accompanies Microsoft’s announcement of new partnerships with digital health providers, healthcare organizations and health education companies.

Researchers in the lab of Conor Walsh at the Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are developing a wearable robot that helps patients with ALS, or who suffer from strokes, move their upper limbs, the Boston Business Journal reported. The device, a vest with an inflatable balloon under the armpit, uses sensors and a machine learning model that personalizes support to each wearer's residual movement.

Roy Schoenberg, co-founder and former CEO of telehealth provider Amwell, is raising funds for Aileen, a new venture that uses an artificial intelligence (AI) companion to help elderly people remain in their homes with reduced need for around-the-clock care, the Boston Business Journal reported.

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) opened a new 56,000 square-foot care center in Medford, its first new location in 15 years, the Boston Business Journal highlighted. The One Cabot Road site offers rehabilitation, primary care, occupational health, pharmacy and orthopedics services.

The accreditation organization Joint Commission and the nonprofit Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) are teaming up to produce playbooks and a certification program for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) tools in healthcare, Healthcare Dive reported.

Mass General Brigham is extending its hospital-at-home program to cancer patients as it builds out the new Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, the Boston Business Journal covered. The program, among the largest of its kind with more than 5,800 patients treated at home to date, aims to accommodate 25 cancer patients per month.

The AI Insider covered the Massachusetts eHealth Institute’s (MeHI) support for REEV through the Healthy Aging Challenge.