STAT+: House panel advances bill to extend Medicare’s telehealth flexibilities, setting up December talks
A House committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that would extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities and a…
Category: Health Tech
STAT+: Hospital giant Ascension recorded about $1.3 billion in losses from its cyberattack
The cyberattack that forced Ascension to shut off access to its electronic health records cost…
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…
STAT+: What pharma companies and insurers think about Medicare’s plan to cover digital treatments
In July, Medicare proposed to start paying for some mental health apps, in a move…
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…
STAT+: Most cardiovascular devices with serious safety recalls aren’t tested in patients
When someone’s heart doesn’t beat quite right, an implantable defibrillator can save their life. The…
STAT+: Why these health tech leaders are making a risky bet, openly backing Trump or Harris
Silicon Valley startup founders and venture capital investors are picking a side in this year’s…
STAT+: Apple will offer millions of AirPod users a hearing aid. Can it convince them to use it?
After years of dabbling in hearing health, Apple earlier this week went all-in, announcing that…
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…
STAT+: Q&A: For this South Dakota health system, leaning into telehealth means learning ‘webside’ manner
Fighting a massive snowstorm to get to the doctor in the Dakotas is an unpleasant…
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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Morning Rounds: Apple Watch takes on sleep apnea and tonight’s presidential debate
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning…
Apple pushes into sleep apnea detection but health care integration remain unclear
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple on Monday announced a new Apple Watch feature that will warn…
STAT+: Highmark reboots coverage of digital treatments, raising hope among DTx companies
Highmark Health, a large regional health insurer that also owns a chain of hospitals, is…
Medicare claims data offer clues on doctors most likely to offer telehealth visits
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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,…
STAT+: A ‘tie-breaker’ study of Abbott’s heart clip brings more questions than answers
A study meant to serve as a tie-breaker between two major trials of a heart…
STAT+: The weight loss drug shortage is driving patients to Hims. What happens when the shortage ends?
Hims & Hers, one of the largest publicly traded telehealth companies in the country, has…
STAT+: To help migraine patients — and sell more medicines — major drugmakers turn to telehealth
In 2021, Katey Frederking had reached the end of her rope. The 29-year-old was struggling…
STAT+: Continuous glucose monitoring for the masses is here. Are we ready for it?
NEW YORK — Glucose tracking is the future, Dexcom executives gushed at a glitzy launch…
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…
STAT+: Digital therapeutics pioneer Pear’s treatments get a second life, a year after bankruptcy
Over a year after Pear Therapeutics filed for bankruptcy and shut down, its smartphone apps…
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+: Another suit filed against FDA over lab-developed test rule
A group representing molecular pathologists sued the Food and Drug Administration on Monday over its…
ALS patient lived with a brain-computer interface for 7 years. Here’s what researchers learned
Brain-computer interfaces are still years, and several FDA approvals, away from being available on the…
STAT+: Otsuka starts selling depression digital therapeutic, expects to lose money on it
Otsuka Pharmaceutical has started selling Rejoyn, its Food and Drug Administration cleared prescription app that…
STAT+: Why U.S. health care cybersecurity laws are better at protecting a corpse’s privacy than patients’ lives
Two days into a cyberattack on his hospital system, Nate Couture reached the end of…
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…
STAT+: Big Health gets FDA nod for its digital therapy for insomnia
Digital Therapeutics developer Big Health this week received Food and Drug Administration clearance for SleepioRx,…
Talkspace earnings, a framework for detecting AI hallucination, and trends in telehealth abortions
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STAT+: Medicare finalizes reimbursement rule for breakthrough medical devices
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finalized its rule easing reimbursement for medical…
FDA’s digital health advisory committee takes shape, and a critique of cost-effectiveness studies
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STAT+: Jeff Shuren stabilized the FDA’s medical devices center, winning over industry but not all patients
Retirements from the Food and Drug Administration are hardly shocking, especially in the wake of…
Weight loss drugs without a prescription? Study warns it’s a “very risky business”
In the face of ongoing shortages of the obesity and diabetes medications known as GLP-1s,…
STAT+: 23andMe board rejects co-founder Anne Wojcicki’s offer to take company private
A special committee of the board of directors of 23andMe rejected an offer from the…
STAT+: 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki files to take company private
A trust controlled by 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki has formally filed to take the genetic…
Opinion: DNA data security requires robust protections, not rhetoric
The BIOSECURE Act, now rolling through Congress, aims to protect the DNA data of Americans…
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…
STAT+: Disruptions loom for telehealth providers and patients as Congress inches closer to deadline
Around November, Kivo Health, a telehealth provider of pulmonary rehabilitation services, will need to start…
Opinion: Medtech compliance — not regulation — is stifling innovation
“Regulation is stifling innovation” seems to be a prevailing opinion among medtech leaders who believe…
STAT+: The state pharma’s targeting this election cycle
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
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…
Six questions about Medicare’s proposed plan to cover digital therapeutics
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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…
Robotic aid helped improve balance, gait in children with cerebral palsy
For many kids with cerebral palsy, walking is taxing. They might spend thousands of hours…
Jeff Shuren, medical devices head at FDA, to leave the agency
Jeffrey Shuren, longtime chief regulator of medical devices at the Food and Drug Administration, announced…
Epic, Abridge, and Mayo Clinic to leverage AI to ease nursing workflow
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