Opinion: How ARPA-H can master the subtle art of risk-taking
Despite remarkable progress in health and medicine, biology’s final frontiers remain beyond our reach. Humanity…
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Opinion: Pharma can’t let Big Tech win the race for medical AI
Five years from now, when patients walk into a doctor’s office presenting symptoms of almost…
Opinion: The surprising biomedical legacy of the Iraq War
Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the Iraq war, which resulted in an estimated 110,600…
Opinion: STAT+: HHS’s proposed rule prohibiting discrimination via algorithm needs strengthening
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a rule to prohibit clinical algorithms…
STAT+: Epic’s overhaul of a flawed algorithm shows why AI oversight is a life-or-death issue
Epic, the nation’s dominant seller of electronic health records, was bracing for a catastrophe. It…
STAT+: Large insurer’s decision to cover some prescription digital therapies may be a milestone for app makers
A large commercial insurer’s decision to cover a controversial class of software-based treatments for psychiatric…
Opinion: STAT+: How digital health innovators can successfully navigate evolving FDA regulations
In the rapidly changing landscape of digital health, innovation has often outpaced regulations, especially for…
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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,…
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…
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…
‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings
Like many people who are Black, Kimani Toussaint was concerned when he learned that the…
Akili’s deal to go public via SPAC could close soon
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Opinion: STAT+: Clinical validation will save digital health’s reputation
The meteoric rise of telehealth and other types of virtual care during the Covid-19 pandemic…
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…
Opinion: Implant recipients shouldn’t be left in the dark when a device maker cuts off support
Imagine having an impaired sense restored by an innovative device, only to suddenly lose that…
‘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…
Opinion: Addressing social drivers of health is a big opportunity for tech entrepreneurs
Some of the best business opportunities in health care will involve developing technologies that analyze…
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 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…
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…
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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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…
Opinion: Deal between Amazon and One Medical deal has massive implications for the future of primary care
Amazon’s announcement this week that it would acquire One Medical, a primary care provider, for…
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+: 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…
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…
Google’s latest cloud deal, the FTC’s privacy fight, and the future of brain-computer interfaces
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Abortion providers embrace virtual assistants and automation to prepare for new flood of patients
As abortion clinics shutter across the country, providers in states where abortion is still legal…
STAT+: Health tech funding is down. Here’s what investors make of the market
In 2021, funding for health technology companies went on a tear and by July, a…
Former Theranos exec Ramesh Balwani convicted of fraud
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A jury on Thursday convicted former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani…
Remote technology could nudge patients to join cancer clinical trials
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STAT+: Under new ownership, IBM Watson Health’s core assets get a rebranding
The IBM Watson Health brand comes with baggage. But for its new owners, the core…
STAT+: The Q3 health tech tracker: 11 key industry events and debates to watch
It’s been a humbling first half of the year for health tech companies. Previously abundant…
Health tech companies are scrambling to close data privacy gaps after abortion ruling
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, reproductive health…
Supreme Court’s decision on abortion sparks health tech’s Cambridge Analytica moment
In 2018, the tech industry found itself in a harsh spotlight amid a scandal involving…
Baking trust into tech, Cerebral’s prescribing, & the evolution of post-Roe privacy
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Virtual Event: How Tech Can — and Can’t — Eliminate Barriers to Good Health Care
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
Cue Health layoffs, HIPAA post-Roe, and AI’s race problem
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‘It’s not going to work’: Keeping race out of machine learning isn’t enough to avoid bias
As more machine learning tools reach patients, developers are starting to get smart about the…