Vital, a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital health company improving the patient experience, today announced that it has raised $24.7 million in Series B funding to fuel expansion and support the rapid growth of its modern software. Vital's solutions make it easier for healthcare providers and health systems to communicate with and engage patients during emergency department (ED) and inpatient visits. The investment round led by Transformation Capital, with support from Threshold Ventures, strategic health system investors and Vital CEO / Mint.com creator Aaron Patzer, brings Vital's total funding to over $40 million.

Vital is a modern software for hospitals that makes it easier to communicate with and engage patients in their care. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP), Vital educates and empowers patients during their emergency department and inpatient visit. Patients can better understand progress towards discharge, request service and comfort items, set goals, view labs, share health status with family, and more. Vital solutions are designed to be easy-to-use and consumer-focused - all accessible via a patient's mobile phone and available with no download or password required. Vital improves patient satisfaction, keeps patients in-network and generates additional revenue for health systems.