STAT+: AI gone astray: How subtle shifts in patient data send popular algorithms reeling, undermining patient safety
A novel investigation by STAT and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that subtle shifts…
Category: Health Tech
Justice Department sues UnitedHealth over nearly $8 billion deal to acquire tech company
Federal regulators are suing to block UnitedHealth Group’s purchase of the technology company Change Healthcare,…
Virtual reality in the health care space heats up
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AI for telehealth & the latest in health tech at CES
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STAT+: The health tech tracker for the first quarter: 13 decisive industry events and deals to watch
As we enter the pandemic’s third year, we’ll be watching to see whether skyrocketing digital…
STAT+: Chatbots, surveys, and texts: Telehealth companies cut costs by reimagining the front desk
Telehealth companies struggling to stand out in a crowded virtual care market are increasingly leaning…
STAT+: Why the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes hinged on defrauding Theranos investors, not patients
The trial of Elizabeth Holmes resulted in a mixed verdict, but one outcome is clear:…
Holmes convicted of fraud at Theranos & new FDA signposts for digital research tools
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‘A black box’: Emergency medics remain locked out of electronic health records
A few years back, Travis Ogden’s ambulance crew raced to revive a 4-year-old who’d drowned,…
Jury finds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of fraud
Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO who promised to revolutionize medicine but whose company collapsed…
STAT+: Three missing pieces the digital therapeutics sector needs to succeed in 2022
Smartphone apps aren’t a default way of managing diabetes — not yet, anyway. Though telehealth…
STAT+: Verily shakes up its leadership team, with a new president and a shift for CEO Conrad
Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily is in the midst of a shakeup of its leadership….
STAT+: Oracle to buy electronic health records giant Cerner for $28.3 billion
In what will be the year’s largest deal in health tech, software giant Oracle has…
STAT+: Prescription apps to treat disease face uncertainty as they fight for insurance coverage
In August, Pear Therapeutics, the company at the forefront of creating prescription software to treat…
Newly public health tech startups struggle, a ticking clock for Talkspace, & decentralized depression trial
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STAT+: Medicine’s first autonomous AI could prevent blindness due to diabetes — if it can reach those most in need
Once feared as a job-erasing technology devoid of clinical nuance, autonomous artificial intelligence in medicine…
STAT+: Health tech’s sky-high projections in 2021 have already been punctured
The health technology sector has seen extraordinary enthusiasm among private and public investors this year….
Telehealth’s 2021 report card & CVS leans on digital health
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Digital pills for PrEP & Holmes testimony on Theranos comes to a close
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Pear makes it stock market debut & telehealth players lock arms
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STAT+: ‘A multi-decade journey’: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invests another $3.4 billion to advance scientific tools
As Mark Zuckerberg aims to build his social network empire into the foundation for a…
STAT+: Carbon Health launches a program for continuous glucose monitoring to curb diabetes risk
In April, endocrinologist Calvin Wu described how his company, Steady Health, was making use of…
STAT+: Major telehealth players unite ahead of tough lobbying battle
WASHINGTON — Major players in the telehealth space have united to create a supergroup of…
STAT+: The pandemic forced an experiment in delivering intensive mental health care from home. Will the approach stick?
When the pandemic lockdowns slammed society’s doors closed in March 2020, the leaders at McLean…
Virtual care companies rush to ease access to Covid-19 antivirals
As two new antiviral pills for Covid-19 approach emergency authorization, experts are concerned that a…
Docs pitch the C-suite on tech & why telehealth pricing matters
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STAT+: Artificial intelligence is making a pitch to transform radiology. Will it pay off for hospitals?
For radiologists working today, the specter of artificial intelligence is inescapable. In the past year,…
Holmes admits to misstep & Amazon scores a big health cloud client
Holmes admits to one key misstep in Theranos debacle Since Elizabeth Holmes first took the…
STAT+: A VC explains why he sees a golden age in health care innovation
One sign you’re living through a golden age is that there’s a lot of gold…
Elizabeth Holmes testifies, Athenahealth acquisition 2.0, and Epic’s sepsis alert overload
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STAT+: ‘We all have to come together’: Experts lay out how to keep AI in health care in check
The reach of artificial intelligence in health care settings has expanded to touch everything from…
Talkspace’s leadership exodus leaves behind pressing questions — and a pile of cash
Talkspace, the teletherapy app that went public in a splashy SPAC merger earlier this year,…
STAT+: Private equity firms to acquire Athenahealth for $17 billion
Athenahealth, the Watertown-based electronic health records company, said Monday that it will be acquired for…
STAT+: Verily’s Amy Abernethy hints at clinical trial blueprint for 2022
Verily’s quest to become a major player in the life sciences has resulted in a…
Telehealth for PTSD, SPAC sadness, & FDA clears VR
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STAT+: Generate Biomedicines raises $370m and plans to increase workforce sixfold
Cambridge biotech Generate Biomedicines said Thursday it has raised $370 million in venture capital from…
A telehealth effort to treat PTSD and bipolar disorder in rural areas showed ‘huge gains.’ Now comes the hard part
A multiyear effort to pipe big-city mental health providers to rural communities over video accomplished…
STAT+: ‘It’s going to set the bar pretty high’: A path forward for trusted AI in breast cancer risk prediction
As the role of artificial intelligence grows in medicine, one of the leading concerns is…
STAT+: 5 health tech startups targeting the Medicaid population to watch
When it comes to new opportunities, health tech companies tend to follow the money. That…
‘You need a whole team’: How a virtual mentoring program has helped bring care closer to rural patients
By the time Sanjeev Arora’s patient had trekked the 200 miles to his office to…
STAT+: Can David Feinberg fix Cerner? The new CEO of an electronic health record giant faces fresh threats
In many ways, David Feinberg was an unconventional choice to lead Cerner, one of the…
STAT+: Alphabet has a new drug discovery company building on DeepMind’s AI chops
Alphabet is plunging into the drug discovery business. Over the last year, the tech behemoth…
STAT+: ‘The beginning of a long journey’: A progress report on Big Retail’s ambitions in health care
When Mark Wahlberg helped ring in the grand opening of Walmart’s second health clinic in…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversation: Intelligence about artificial intelligence
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A smart knee implant promises to ‘help write the future of orthopedic technology.’ Surgeons aren’t so sure
Last month, surgeons implanted the first of a new, souped-up knee implant, developed by Zimmer…
STAT+: The stirrings of revolt: Hospitals nationwide are sidestepping health record giants to better harness patient data
A small group of software vendors has largely controlled the flow of patient data in…
STAT+: 3 pressing questions on 23andMe’s pivot into primary care
The genetic testing company 23andMe said Friday it will acquire the telehealth and pharmacy startup…
STAT+: Illumina will launch Grail’s cancer detection test in Africa and Asia — but doesn’t know when
Sequencing company Illumina is planning to launch Galleri — the much-hyped cancer detection test from…
STAT+: Could wearable tech — and AI — change how we diagnose infants with conditions like cerebral palsy?
An unlikely team of engineers and mobility researchers has developed an experimental set of small,…
STAT+: Amid a health tech consolidation wave, Everly Health acquires fertility startup Natalist
Riding a wave of consolidation in virtual care, home diagnostics brand Everly Health on Thursday…