In new order on AI, Biden is scrambling to catch up to emerging risks in health care
President Joe Biden ordered the nation’s leading health agencies on Monday to develop a plan…
Category: Health Tech
STAT+: Virtual care options flood the market as retailers take telehealth mainstream
When patients go shopping today, they might find themselves checking out with more than the…
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STAT+: ITC recommends partial import ban of Apple watches in Masimo patent case
The United States International Trade Commission issued a partial import ban of Apple watches on…
STAT+: Teladoc stock slides despite business growth, Medtronic CEO talks innovation
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology…
STAT+: Boston Scientific’s drug-coated balloon may reduce risk of heart attack
A drug-coated balloon made by Boston Scientific reduced the risk of heart attack in patients…
STAT+: Medtronic CEO talks latest bets on diabetes, high blood pressure technology
As one of the largest and oldest medical device companies in the world, Medtronic has…
STAT+: For Parkinson’s disease, advances spurred by Apple Watch offer a glimmer of hope
Since the Apple Watch was unveiled in 2014, it has been trumpeted not only as…
STAT+: Health tech investors are getting selective. Expect slow growth, consolidation
Venture firms backing health tech startups are telegraphing cautious optimism for 2024, advising startups to…
STAT+: UnitedHealth discontinues a controversial brand amid scrutiny of algorithmic care denials
UnitedHealth Group and Optum are getting rid of the name of their tech-driven care management…
Doctor vs. ChatGPT showed promise and blind spots of generative AI
Generative AI tools, also known as large language models, are already helping doctors transcribe visits…
STAT+: After a lull, the pace of FDA authorization of AI-enabled medical devices is rising
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday released a new accounting of artificial intelligence tools…
STAT+: FDA’s warning to J&J’s Abiomed signals a crackdown on digital health tools
The Food and Drug Administration is following through on its promise to regulate more health…
STAT+: Better Therapeutics data on apps’ benefit with GLP-1s, Orexo hits a snag
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology…
STAT+: Key takeaways from AdvaMed, the world’s largest medical device conference
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Thousands of workers in the medical device industry gathered here this week…
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Opinion: How good are AI health technologies? We have no idea
AI has the ability to revolutionize human health. It is used to detect potentially cancerous lesions in…
‘What I’m most proud of’: Nick Jonas talks about managing diabetes, his career, and building community
LAS VEGAS – Nick Jonas is a global superstar behind electrifying earworms like “Jealous,” “Chains,”…
STAT+: How doctors and nurses shape Google’s AI, DEA extends telehealth flexibilities
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how tech…
The ‘model-eat-model world’ of clinical AI: How predictive power becomes a pitfall
A growing number of AI tools are being used to predict everything from sepsis to…
STAT+: Venture capital firm General Catalyst wants to buy a health system
Venture firms, convinced they’re jumpstarting the world’s most helpful tech products, have struggled mightily to…
What’s on tap at HLTH, the health care industry jamboree that kicks off this weekend
STAT’s Mohana Ravindranath and Annalisa Merelli will be at HLTH in Las Vegas and will…
STAT+: Telehealth claims data suggest service duplication, Roche app to evaluate MS symptom
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how tech…
STAT+: To prevent amputation in patients with severe vascular disease, a device turns veins into arteries
An innocuous slip while cutting her toenails created a wound on Cynthia Elford’s right foot…
STAT+: Verily lands $38 million deal with CDC for wastewater surveillance
Alphabet’s life sciences company Verily has scored its first Centers for Disease Control contract, a…
STAT+: Former FDA official lays out how to keep patients safe from risky medical devices
Madris Kinard’s unlikely journey to becoming a champion for patient safety started in a fire…
Machine learning could help predict risk of preterm birth using wearables data
For all their potential to drive changes in health, wearables have struggled to gain a…
STAT+: Biogen shutters digital health group, nixes Apple study, as part of cost cuts
Biogen, the iconic but embattled biotech firm, is shuttering Biogen Digital Health, its roughly 150-person…
STAT+: Bubble bursts: 2021 health tech IPOs and SPACs lose value, burn cash
In less than two years, digital health’s high-flying class of public debuts have landed with…
Opinion: Every smartphone should have an app to connect to 988, the mental health crisis line
At the height of the pandemic, when everything was shut down, a patient with whom…
STAT+: FDA panel votes against GLP-1 therapy from former diabetes unicorn Intarcia
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted against a diabetes implant…
Researchers use AI to measure recovery from treatment-resistant depression
Researchers say they’ve been able to measure recovery from treatment-resistant depression through brain scans —…
STAT Virtual Event: Putting AI to the Test
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
STAT+: AI is coming to your dentist’s office. Will it build trust, or erode it?
Open wide, AI wants a look inside your mouth. A new wave of software is…
STAT+: FDA weighs animal data, ethical dilemmas at panel on artificial wombs
The Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel of pediatric experts met on Tuesday to discuss…
STAT+: Pear’s shadow effect: Data from a Medicaid digital health experiment does the policy rounds
Pear Therapeutics may be gone, but one of its most important deals is still driving…
STAT+: Artificial wombs, after years in development, reach FDA review for human trials
The artificial womb, a device aiming to save infants born way too soon, is inching…
Opinion: Where are HHS and the FTC on online privacy for people with substance use disorder?
The era of rampant, unconsented, and unregulated online data collection may finally be winding down…
STAT+: Akili abandons prescription business model, to lay off 40% of workers
Akili Interactive, which in 2020 made waves by receiving Food and Drug Administration clearance for…
STAT+: How Silicon Valley’s hospital whisperer bridges the gap between startups and health systems
SAN FRANCISCO — As part of one of the tech industry’s most revered venture funds,…
STAT+: FDA proposes changes to key approval pathway for medical devices, five years after promising
Five years after promising to fix a flawed regulatory pathway widely used by medical device…
Opinion: STAT+: Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson: The right way to bring AI into pharma
While it’s widely accepted that the pharma industry is innovative in R&D, it is also…
STAT+: Amazon’s chief medical officers on where the company’s health care bets are headed next
The graveyard is littered with Amazon’s bets in health care: wearables, Care, the ill-fated Haven….
Information blocking fines are now fair game in health care
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Generative AI Tracker: A guide to the health systems and companies driving adoption
Health care leaders and technology companies are investing heavily in large language models, a powerful…
STAT+: Moving beyond ChatGPT: How generative AI is inspiring dreams of a health data revolution
The world’s largest technology companies are racing to build generative AI into every corner of…
Lawmakers call on FDA to issue stricter bone graft guidance
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Unicorn down: Following layoffs, Biofourmis CEO quietly departs
A month after conducting significant layoffs, Biofourmis is out a CEO: Kuldeep Singh Rajput, one…
STAT+: As competition looms, Insulet sues a rival for allegedly stealing trade secrets on diabetes tech
Insulet filed a lawsuit this month against its rival EOFlow, accusing it of stealing trade…
Opinion: Psychiatrists like us cannot keep up with their inboxes
When you’re a psychiatrist, there’s no such thing as a typical day. But if you’re…
STAT+: NYU launched private ChatGPT for its health data, and set its staff loose to experiment
NEW YORK — A fourth-year medical student, a music therapist, a child psychiatrist, and a…
Opinion: Current large language models will not fix health care. Here’s what could
Advancements in LLMs such as ChatGPT and GPT-4 have generated substantial excitement. Many see these…