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Category: Health Tech
STAT+: Meet the lawmakers and lobbyists who want to bring health tech into the home
Years into the pandemic’s almost overnight transition to virtual care, providers and health plans are…
STAT+: An algorithm that analyzes Apple Watch data shows early promise in detecting heart problems
Mayo Clinic is developing an algorithm capable of detecting a weak heart pump from electrocardiograms…
Researchers test the power of machine learning to unravel long Covid’s mysteries
Long Covid, with its constellation of symptoms, is proving a challenging moving target for researchers…
Teladoc takes a hit with $6.6 billion impairment charge on Livongo
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AI can predict missed appointments. How can hospitals use that data for better care?
For every five appointments at Boston Children’s Hospital, one patient doesn’t show up. Missed appointments…
STAT+: Tough questions, few answers: The FDA wrestles with its approach to AI in medicine
It was a brave thing for the Food and Drug Administration to do. Earlier this…
AI tools to predict hospital stays are hampered by a string of shortcomings
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STAT+: Biofourmis raises $300 million as it looks to drive adoption of remote care
Biofourmis has spent years trying to figure out how to help care for patients with…
He had an M.D. and a Ph.D. but didn’t match into a residency. It was the push he needed to jump into health tech
Travis Hughes had been assured by both mentors and peers that he was a front-runner…
Opinion: Wearable device data need to represent all of us
The growing uptake of wearable devices has sparked enthusiasm among health researchers, and for good…
Health tech funding from consumers, a breakthrough breakdown, & new hires
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STAT+: What counts as a breakthrough? 8 insights on the FDA’s approach to medical devices
The word breakthrough carries a kind of weight: It’s a dramatic step forward, a critical…
Investigating FDA’s breakthrough devices, big data ethics, & AI for colon cancer
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As FDA offers breakthrough designation to device makers, patients and providers are left with questions
Since launching in 2017, an ambitious and secretive Food and Drug Administration program to speed…
STAT+: Breakthrough Device Tracker: An authoritative database of FDA’s fast-tracked medical devices
The world of medical devices is growing more sprawling every day. Some promising novel ideas…
STAT+: FDA’s breakthrough device program, meant to benefit patients, is delivering the biggest gains for companies
Five years ago, the Food and Drug Administration launched a new program with the best…
Health tech companies strike deals to grow virtual diabetes care, telepsychiatry
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Health systems are using machine learning to predict high-cost care. Will it help patients?
Health systems and payers eager to trim costs think the answer lies in a small…
Ransomware hits rural health centers & a true test of AI
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At small and rural hospitals, ransomware attacks are causing unprecedented crises
At 12:08 p.m. on a Monday, a Sky Lakes Medical Center employee tapped an email…
STAT+: A new crop of companies is reshaping the health data economy
It is one of health care’s most vexing quandaries: Patient data must be shared to…
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‘We need to be much more diverse’: More than half of data used in health care AI comes from the U.S. and China
As medicine continues to test automated machine learning tools, many hope that low-cost support tools…
STAT+: Virtual reality in medicine is garnering more investment. Will the health care system buy in?
As tech companies raise billions of venture capital dollars and completely rebrand to build out…
Health tech funding and stock prices slipped in the first quarter
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STAT+: The health tech tracker for the second quarter: the decisive industry deals and events to watch
As another Covid winter turns to spring, we’ll be watching to see whether 2022’s wave…
Health tech takes aim at Alzheimer’s and home care startups to watch
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STAT+: 5 technology trends drawing investment as health care moves into the home
With Medicare expected to cover a projected 80 million people by 2030, entrepreneurs and investors…
With pharma still struggling in Alzheimer’s, health tech companies want a swing
In the wake of the first Alzheimer’s drug approval in nearly two decades, pharmaceutical companies…
STAT+: Pharma partnerships with digital therapeutics players to watch
With high-minded ambitions to revolutionize health care with the help of software, digital therapeutics companies…
Osso VR lands $66 million to grow its virtual reality platform to train surgeons
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Opinion: Digital health: the latest iteration of medicine’s knowledge problem
When I did my residency in internal medicine and primary care a few years ago,…
STAT+: Humility over hype: An AI leader at Google lays out a vision to transform medical care
From a high perch within Google, Greg Corrado is steering the development of artificial intelligence…
STAT+: As Google looks to get struggling health efforts back on track, it turns to a safe bet with search tools
At Google, it doesn’t get much more fundamental than Search. What better place for the…
When AI takes a human touch: How a team effort to improve patient care in hospitals paid off
The project began with a vexing problem. Imaging tests that turned up unexpected issues —…
STAT+: 5 tech strategies health systems are testing to combat clinician burnout
Health care workers are experiencing unprecedented levels of burnout during the pandemic, leading many to quit…
Virtual Event: Taking the pulse of clinical trials
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At HIMSS, health software companies get creative to sell data sharing
ORLANDO — Of all the health tech industry’s top priorities, interoperability is among the driest. It’s…
Doctors often turn to Google Translate to talk to patients. They want a better option
The patient had just undergone a cesarean section, and now was struggling to put words…
Digital health’s friend zone and detecting pneumonia in the emergency room
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Google, eyeing a broader market for medical software, strikes a deal with major health records player
Google has struck a deal to embed its clinical software tools into a patient record-keeping…
As providers are accused of interfering with access to patient data, pressure builds on government to act
Patients, lawyers, developers, and others across the country have lodged more than 250 federal complaints…
Health care organizations face a cybersecurity mandate
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STAT+: Researchers question whether Amazon’s partnership with Teladoc will really improve access to health care
Amazon and Teladoc have pitched a new feature letting millions of consumers call doctors directly…
STAT+: Microsoft closes $16B acquisition of Nuance, launching a bold experiment in health AI
AI’s next big health care experiment can now begin. Microsoft closed on a $16 billion…
As mental health tech heats up, startups in the space are making more exits
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In a defamation lawsuit, the hype around digital health clashes with scientific criticism
A retraction often marks the end of a dispute over published scientific research. But in…
Teladoc strikes a deal with Amazon, but may take a loss on Livongo
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STAT+: Strong evidence is becoming a business imperative for mental health tech startups
As smartphone apps that treat mental health conditions become more common, the companies making them…
STAT and MIT rooted out the weaknesses in health care algorithms. Here’s how we did it
In July 2021, STAT and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology set out to answer a…