STAT Plus: Telehealth rules have shifted rapidly during the pandemic. Are the changes here to stay?
The Trump administration appears to be leaning in favor of permanently expanding telemedicine coverage as…
Category: Health Tech
STAT Plus: Taking a page from Apple, Fitbit launches a sweeping heart study
In a massive push to join Apple’s cardiac research ranks, Fitbit launched an ambitious study…
STAT Plus: Will employers still shell out for health tech benefits in an unemployment crisis? The industry is about to find out
It’s the oldest, most reliable strategy for building a business in health tech: Sell to…
The fight over facial recognition technology gets fiercer during the Covid-19 pandemic
The long-simmering debate over facial recognition technology is taking on new urgency during the pandemic,…
Facebook’s Covid-19 misinformation campaign is based on research. The authors worry Facebook missed the message
In an attempt to corral false coronavirus claims, Facebook launched a new strategy last month…
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds Bay Area effort to track coronavirus as the economy reopens
A new research initiative backed by pediatrician Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook founder Mark…
In fading steel towns, chronically ill patients hope video visits stay after the pandemic goes
Ordinarily Trueman Mills makes the trek to his cardiologist by car. He lives in rolling…
STAT Plus: A gulf emerges in health tech: While some companies surge, others lay off their workers
You might expect them to be pandemic-proof: They’re the companies offering glimpses of the future…
Hospitals are using AI to predict the decline of Covid-19 patients — before knowing it works
Dozens of hospitals across the country are using an artificial intelligence system created by Epic,…
STAT Plus: Major health-record company drops opposition to federal data-sharing rule
After months of fierce opposition, the electronic health record company Epic said Thursday it is…
‘It’s noisy’: Competing Covid-19 efforts could hamper progress, experts warn
As many of the most forward-thinking tech and biopharma behemoths — from Apple and Google…
Awaiting an FDA decision, Akili rolls out its video game for kids with ADHD under relaxed rules
A long-awaited video game meant to be prescribed to kids with ADHD is finally being…
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How a coronavirus symptom checker came to steer patients to care from Texas to Estonia
When Covid-19 began spreading in the United States, Emory Healthcare was prepared in one way…
Coronavirus pandemic will delay the blockbuster trial of ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes
It was supposed to be the blockbuster courtroom drama of summer 2020: former Theranos CEO…
5 burning questions about tech efforts to track Covid-19 cases
The pitch from technology companies goes something like this: We can tap phone data to…
With Covid-19 delaying routine care, chronic disease startups brace for a slew of complications
Clinicians at health tech startups who treat patients with chronic conditions are raising a looming…
Coronavirus pandemic fuels a boom in demand for virtual mental health care
With the coronavirus pandemic causing unprecedented levels of stress and grief, companies offering virtual mental…
Startups spar with FDA over what constitutes a home coronavirus test
Federal regulators and health tech startups are increasingly at odds over the permissibility of at-home…
International trial uses AI to rapidly identify optimal Covid-19 treatments
Treating patients with the never-before-seen Covid-19 is forcing doctors to choose between two equally unpalatable…
STAT Plus: Video Chat: How the coronavirus pandemic is testing health tech
Editor’s note: The live stream will be embedded below at 1 p.m EST. The health…
With the pandemic sidelining routine care, a trade group urges the government to pay for digital therapeutics
A prominent trade group is calling on the federal government to cover digital health tools…
‘Smart toilet’ could monitor for signs of illness in urine and stool, study finds
Analyzing urine and stool to get a picture of health has traditionally been the work…
STAT Plus: A rare investment mechanism is helping to fund some health tech companies’ coronavirus projects
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary financing instruments, according to one California venture capital firm. A…
After 9/11, we gave up privacy for security. Will we make the same trade-off after Covid-19?
In a span of weeks, the novel coronavirus has turned the nation’s roiling health privacy…
Coronavirus-related layoffs hit health tech startups
With the economy in freefall amid the coronavirus pandemic, some health tech startups have started…
The Covid-19 pandemic forces a new way of thinking for Quil, Comcast’s health tech startup
When telecom giant Comcast and health insurer Independence Blue Cross teamed up to found Quil…
Discovery of racial bias in health care AI wins STAT Madness ‘Editors’ Pick’
Although “garbage in, garbage out” has been a software truism for more than half a…
STAT Plus: Digital health startups scored a critical cash infusion at the start of this year
As much of the world prepares for the possibility of a coronavirus-driven recession, a new…
Covid-19 spreads too fast for traditional contact tracing. New digital tools could help
Every strategy for releasing Covid-19’s vise-grip on daily life starts with identifying cases and tracing…
Tech companies are stepping up in the coronavirus pandemic response. Here’s how they’re dedicating resources
Tech giants are stepping up to the plate to play a part in the coronavirus…
‘Human experts will make the call’: Stanford launches an accelerated test of AI to help care for Covid-19 patients
In the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford clinicians and researchers are exploring whether artificial intelligence…
STAT’s guide to how hospitals are using AI to fight Covid-19
The coronavirus outbreak has rapidly accelerated the nation’s slow-moving effort to incorporate artificial intelligence into…
Debate flares over using AI to detect Covid-19 in lung scans
A series of studies, starting as a steady drip and quickening to a deluge, has…
‘We’re racing against the clock:’ Researchers test wearables as an early warning system for Covid-19
Researchers at two prominent California universities launched ambitious new studies this week to test whether…
STAT Plus: Digital therapy for chronic insomnia gains FDA signoff
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a digital product that…
When can we let up? Health experts craft strategies to safely relax coronavirus lockdowns
With countries from Italy to the U.S. having waited too long to combat the coronavirus,…
Tech companies are crucial players in the coronavirus response. Are they contributing what’s most needed?
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Hospitals turn to remote monitoring tools to free up beds for the sickest coronavirus patients
Desperate to free up beds for only the sickest Covid-19 patients, hospitals nationwide are weighing…
Startups touting at-home coronavirus tests suspend plans after FDA warning
In a rapid about-face, a handful of startups that had already rolled out at-home coronavirus…
Can location data from smartphones help slow the coronavirus? Facebook is giving academics a chance to try
It’s emerging as one of the more promising — and potentially controversial — ideas to…
I asked eight chatbots whether I had Covid-19. The answers ranged from ‘low’ risk to ‘start home isolation’
U.S. hospitals, public health authorities, and digital health companies have quickly deployed online symptom checkers…
As public hungers for coronavirus tests, FDA warns new at-home kits are ‘unauthorized’
As a wave of at-home tests for coronavirus are coming on the market, federal regulators…
At-home tests for coronavirus are here. Should you take them?
With delays in testing hampering the country’s ability to accurately track the new coronavirus and…
The coronavirus is imperiling drug studies. A virtual study of the Apple Watch could be positioned to thrive
A highly anticipated heart study of the Apple Watch is facing disruptions as a result…
The White House is pinning its hopes on health tech to save the day. Can it deliver?
Over the past week, President Trump and his administration have made statements and taken other…
Surge in patients overwhelms telehealth services amid coronavirus pandemic
Telehealth services are sagging under the weight of an unprecedented surge in patients as hospitals…
To spur new AI tools to fight coronavirus, tech leaders launch open database of scientific articles
Five organizations on Monday released a new open dataset of over 29,000 scientific articles published…
STAT Plus: Trump official behind health data rules has a message for privacy critics: Try helping patients, instead of your bottom line
For the past year, Don Rucker has been in the middle of one of the…
Rollout of Verily coronavirus triage tool Monday will be more limited than Trump seemed to suggest
Verily, the Google spinout focused on life sciences, on Monday will launch an online screening…
STAT Plus: Hospitals turn to big tech companies to store and analyze their data — leaving patients in the dark on privacy protections
The nation’s largest hospital systems are rapidly shifting sensitive health data into cloud storage platforms…