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STAT+: Alphabet spinout Verily raises $1 billion as it looks to harness health data
Alphabet’s life sciences offshoot Verily said Friday that it has raised $1 billion to fuel…
Category: Health Tech
An RPM explosion, the latest on Amazon research, & telehealth fraud findings
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A new report brings telehealth fraud risk into focus
WASHINGTON — Washington’s attempts to permanently lock in telehealth coverage have been hobbled by a…
STAT+: Amazon health feature can accurately assess users’ mobility, study finds
As Amazon works to shoulder its way into health care, a new study — funded…
Google debuts a new AI tool in the global fight against tuberculosis
Tuberculosis kills 1.4 million people every year, primarily in places where poverty and deprivation conspire…
What happens to patients when telehealth businesses shutter?
Buzzy, venture-backed startups and big tech companies that have promised to disrupt health care are…
STAT+: Illumina wins case against FTC in bid to hold onto early cancer detection company Grail
SAN DIEGO — Sequencing behemoth Illumina on Thursday won its case against the Federal Trade…
Opinion: Public health needs to be transformed. Health IT can help
Covid-19 pummeled public health agencies and organizations. Future crises, whether from infectious disease, extreme weather,…
STAT+: Calm’s head of science departs amid a shakeup at meditation app maker
In 2021, Jennifer Huberty left her post in academia to become the first full-time head…
STAT+: One Medical founder Tom Lee on the Amazon deal and striking the right balance with virtual care
Virtual care companies face increasing churn as telehealth visits sink below their pandemic-era peak, forcing…
A grand test of the Apple Watch in health & a giant leap for data access
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An ambitious stroke prevention study tests the Apple Watch’s promise in health
Currently, millions of people with an irregular heartbeat are told to take expensive blood thinners,…
Opinion: Amazon and One Medical: Minding the data gaps
When Amazon announced its intention to acquire One Medical, a primary care organization that leverages…
Amazon Care shutters, big data for pregnancy, & wearables for stress
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STAT+: Why Amazon and other corporate giants are in a bidding war for home health technology
The bidding war over Signify Health — a health technology business that could fetch multibillion-dollar…
A pandemic push for data sharing could pay off for pregnancy research
Despite stubbornly high maternal mortality in the United States, pregnancy is still woefully under-researched. But…
Amazon to shut down telehealth venture Amazon Care by end of year
Amazon announced Wednesday it will shut down its medical venture Amazon Care at the end…
The bidding war for Signify Health, Black engineers battle bias, & AI shakes-up Parkinson’s research
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In early research, an AI model detects signs of Parkinson’s using breathing patterns
James Parkinson first flagged a link between changes in breathing patterns and the debilitating disease…
Akili’s deal to go public via SPAC could close soon
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Virtual Event: Biomarkers: The Foundation of Personalized Oncology
Cancer biomarkers can help predict whether therapies will work in certain individuals. In this virtual…
Brewing data battles, One Medical’s dueling offers, and monkeypox bottleneck
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The latest on breakthrough devices, crowdsourced monkeypox support, & VA’s stumble on digital divide
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STAT+: One Medical’s dueling offers from Amazon and CVS signal a start to health tech bidding wars
It’s health tech hunting season for some of America’s biggest brand names. Over the last…
STAT+: The FDA’s ‘breakthrough’ medical devices are finally hitting the market in numbers
The Breakthrough Device Program is approaching terminal velocity. The Food and Drug Administration, looking to…
‘A very strong accelerant’: Amwell CEO shares his thoughts on Amazon
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STAT+: Telehealth fraud concerns, whether ‘overblown’ or not, could impact the industry’s future
Recent federal crackdowns on Medicare fraud linked to telehealth have raised concerns in Washington that…
Patients seeking novel weight loss drugs find a ‘wild west’ of online prescribers
Briana Lawson was ready to knock her diabetes into remission. For years, the 47-year-old health…
STAT+: ‘How can you not be excited?’: AI experts share enthusiasm about its future in health care
While the adoption of artificial intelligence in health care has been slow and bumpy at…
STAT+: How much are patients actually using mental health apps? Research on engagement is elusive
As companies selling health care apps struggle to prove to a skeptical system that they…
STAT+: Teladoc’s earnings point to potential threats to the telehealth industry
Telehealth giant Teladoc is bracing for disappointing earnings this year as it faces headwinds that…
Inside a secretive deal between IQVIA and Experian, Teladoc’s latest hit, & APA weighs in on virtual ADHD care
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STAT+: Top IQVIA lawyer declines to discuss Experian relationship, but pledges Americans’ medical secrets are safe
For years, the health data company IQVIA has quietly purchased detailed financial and demographic information…
STAT+: Internal documents on IQVIA’s secretive relationship with Experian undercut its image as a Fort Knox of patient data
To the outside world and its countless health care customers, the data powerhouse IQVIA has…
Buprenorphine treatment for veterans with opioid use disorder increased as care shifted to telehealth during Covid, study finds
Drug treatment of veterans with opioid use disorder increased during the first year of the…
Drawing on therapy developed to save soldiers, an app aims to prevent suicide in those at highest risk
It’s a problem so complex, so fraught with stigma and treatment complications, that innovation has…
Are we primed for Amazon’s primary care?
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Patients’ new credit card crunch, Amazon’s getting serious, and inflation has entered the chat
You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: A troubling report on Cerner’s VA rollout offers a rare look into the hidden harms of health records
The rollout of Cerner’s electronic health record in Veterans Affairs hospitals has been a high-profile…
STAT+: Four brain-computer interface companies you should watch (other than Neuralink)
The term “brain-computer interface,” or BCI, has been buzzing around Silicon Valley and the mainstream…
STAT+: Amazon has big ambitions in primary care. One Medical is just the latest piece of its plan
When it comes to primary care, One Medical is hardly Amazon’s first rodeo. By the…
STAT+: 5 burning questions about Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical
With its acquisition of One Medical, Amazon is setting its sights squarely on shaking up…
STAT+: Serving as a ‘clinical colleague,’ AI shows potential to reduce sepsis deaths in real-world studies
Three studies published Thursday found that an AI platform developed by Bayesian Health and Johns…
STAT+: Amazon to acquire One Medical for $3.9 billion in a bold bet on primary care
Retail giant Amazon announced plans Thurday to acquire primary care company One Medical in a…
STAT+: Researchers tried to calculate the impact of health tech companies. It sent startups into a tizzy
As Johns Hopkins gastroenterologist Simon Mathews has watched scores of digital health upstarts collect hundreds…
STAT+: As health care faces nursing shortages, burned-out nurses are flocking to remote jobs
Burned out and fed up with their work conditions, nurses are leaving the bedside in…
Opinion: STAT+: 10 tips for vendors seeking to create or expand digital health and virtual health solutions
Virtual and digital care expanded dramatically during the pandemic as patients, providers, employers, and regulators…
As demand for medication abortion increases, Facebook allows ads for potentially dangerous ‘abortion reversal’ procedure
The Markup has found that Facebook is serving up ads and posts for the “abortion…
A CEO pay bonanza, how much the rank and file are paid, and a wilderness therapy rabbit hole
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STAT+: The pandemic brought an influx of cash for health tech companies — and huge payouts for their execs
The pandemic brought a windfall for private health tech startups and fueled a rush to…