STAT+: From Epic to FDA, all the leaders presenting at HHS’ invite-only AI in health care event
Federal health officials wrestling with when and how to use artificial intelligence will on Wednesday…
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A documentary film asks: Can health systems improve patient safety by embracing new tech?
Reetam Ganguli once pitched his technology, to rescue women from pregnancy complications, in an airplane…
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STAT+: FDA commissioner: Health systems have to ‘step up’ on AI regulation or will ‘end up holding the bag’
WELLESLEY, Mass. — Amid heated discussions on how artificial intelligence should be regulated and who…
AI threatens to cement racial bias in clinical algorithms. Could it also chart a path forward?
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In a cavernous converted chapel at Brown University, physician and data scientist…
Health care AI investment hype, and value-based-care model for mental health apps
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Birth control vending machines, seasonal shots, and the “Snoo”
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A STAT Investigation: Embedded Bias
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STAT+: Recursion presents mixed data on lead AI-derived drug candidate for potentially fatal brain condition
Recursion Pharmaceuticals announced results of a clinical trial for its lead drug candidate Tuesday that,…
Monica from ‘Friends’, RFK Jr., and how many ‘r’s are in ‘strawberry’
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Opinion: STAT readers on mask bans, cancer screening, and empathy and AI
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FDA approves latest Covid vaccines, and Harris makes her case
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STAT+: AI in medicine: A national registry could help increase transparency, experts say
The use of artificial intelligence in hospitals is ramping up so fast — and with…
Carbon Health founder steps back from top role, Kaiser hospitals roll out AI scribe
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STAT+: Q&A: How the FDA could use AI for drug and device safety surveillance
The Food and Drug Administration’s responsibilities don’t end when a drug hits the market after…
STAT+: AI drug firm Recursion moves from survival to industry domination
SALT LAKE CITY — On paper, Recursion Pharmaceuticals shouldn’t have worked. The company — or, at…
STAT+: AI app claiming to diagnose STIs from penis pictures shut down after FTC scrutiny
The company that claimed its AI model could identify sexually transmitted infections from a single…
Talkspace earnings, a framework for detecting AI hallucination, and trends in telehealth abortions
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STAT+: AI drug developers Recursion, Exscientia to merge
Two of the leading companies in the AI drug development field, Recursion Pharmaceuticals and Exscientia,…
STAT+: Health care’s ‘Pepsi challenge’: Doctors’ offices are testing AI tools in head-to-head pilots
The “Pepsi challenge” of health care, as one health system executive put it, is on….
STAT+: Dental AI startup raises $30 million, including from Mark Zuckerberg’s dad
As the AI race in dentistry grows more heated, a startup called Perceptive is aiming…
Opinion: Medtech compliance — not regulation — is stifling innovation
“Regulation is stifling innovation” seems to be a prevailing opinion among medtech leaders who believe…
A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor
When Jennifer Wexton rises Thursday to speak on the House floor, something she has done…
STAT+: Federal regulation of health data and AI expected to get a boost after HHS revamp
A little-known office within the Department of Health and Human Services is getting a shot…
Epic, Abridge, and Mayo Clinic to leverage AI to ease nursing workflow
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Opinion: Real-time vital signs data: a hidden source of value in medical AI
If data represents the next gold rush for health care, a vast treasure trove of…
What are the odds we get an heir to Paxlovid?
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STAT+: AI leads the way as health tech funding inches toward a post-pandemic stability
Funding for health tech startups in the first half of 2024 remained far below the…
STAT+: Top Biden administration officials withdraw from Coalition for Health AI
Top Biden administration officials have withdrawn from an industry body formed to set safety standards…
STAT+: Regulating artificial intelligence doesn’t have to be complicated, some experts say
Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize how drugs are discovered and change how hospitals…
STAT+: This AI chat bot was trained on drag queens, and she wants to help protect your sexual health
A few months ago, a young Black gay patient in a southern state tapped out…
Listen: Medicare coverage for GLP-1 drugs, AI, and health care at the presidential debate
Will Medicare finally begin covering weight loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy? And what health…
Hospital at home program is waiting on Congress, but this New Jersey hospital isn’t
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STAT+: Q&A: Defining responsible AI in health care, with CHAI CEO Brian Anderson
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Artificial intelligence is increasingly infused into many aspects of health care,…
Opinion: Eating rocks: The case for early integration of medical ethics into AI product development
Google’s recent integration of Gemini, its state-of-the-art large language model, into its search engine marks…
Opinion: AI and rural health care: A paradigm shift in America’s heartland
The use of artificial intelligence is happening in “unlikely places.” So says a recent working…
STAT+: Q&A: How Flagship’s Cellarity is using AI to understand cell disease biology before treating it
Flagship Pioneering launched Cellarity in December 2019. The startup says it’s using artificial intelligence and…
STAT+: AliveCor gets FDA nod for portable 12-lead, AI-powered ECG device
AliveCor has spent years battling with Apple over the market for consumer heart monitoring technology….
Opinion: Could billions of dollars in AI funding lead to the same number of new drugs?
Drug discovery has quickly become the most enticing place to apply artificial intelligence. Billions of…
Opinion: ‘Patients like mine’ technologies must rest on solid evidence
Vendors of electronic health records and other health technology platforms have begun to publicize and…
STAT+: Republican lawmakers criticize FDA’s partnership with CHAI on regulating AI in medicine
Republican lawmakers are sharply criticizing the Food and Drug Administration’s relationship with a nonprofit group…
STAT+: To feed an AI that designs new enzymes, Basecamp hunts rare proteins at the world’s end
Not many AI companies have expeditions to the rainforest on the calendar, or need scientists…
Opinion: Oversight of health AI must be democratic, not done by the big tech companies
AI development is at a flash point; developers from some of the largest, most successful…
STAT+: New AI for biopsies can analyze microscopic images, talk to pathologists about your tumor
To non-pathologists, the histology slide looked, as all histology slides do, a sea of mottled…
STAT+: Stephen Quake on the Chan Zuckerberg quest to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by 2100
SAN DIEGO — Decades ago, as a young physics Ph.D. student, Stephen Quake stumbled into…
STAT+: As Washington mulls new AI rules, startup leaders want a seat at the table
WASHINGTON — In San Francisco, Y Combinator’s firebrand chief executive Garry Tan is one of…
STAT+: Becton Dickinson to buy Edwards patient monitoring unit for $4.2 billion
Becton Dickinson plans to pay $4.2 billion for Edwards Lifesciences’ critical care business, which sells…
STAT+: A short-lived Medicaid freakout sends insurers’ stocks diving
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STAT+: Health insurers boast to investors about using AI, but they’d rather not talk about it
Health insurers are telling shareholders that they are ramping up the use of artificial intelligence…
Lilly doubles down on radiopharma
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STAT+: AI & drug discovery: A biotech CEO, a scientist, and a venture capitalist separate hype from reality
Artificial intelligence is a rapidly improving technology. But its progress in drug development faces an…