STAT+: STAT+ Conversation: Making health care accountable
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Category: medical technology
STAT+: Carbon Health pushes further into home care with remote monitoring purchase
On a buying streak, hybrid care company Carbon Health on Tuesday purchased Alertive Healthcare, a…
STAT+: First they targeted generic drugs. Now a group of hospitals wants to build a better digital health marketplace
It’s one of the biggest market failures in modern medicine. The lack of a widely…
At a rural ICU, Covid-19’s summer surge put telehealth to the test
On the surface, there’s little about Whitfield Regional Hospital that would make it a safety…
STAT+: The health tech tracker for the fourth quarter: the decisive industry events to watch
Winter may be coming (again), but the digital health sector remains red-hot. Fueled by fresh…
STAT+: Why the medical AI company Dascena hopes hard evidence will separate it from its rivals
Think of it as digital health’s chicken and egg problem. Which comes first: national distribution…
Who telehealth isn’t reaching & Apple looks past A-fib
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Telehealth has rapidly expanded. But companies are still struggling to reach rural populations
Despite the wide-ranging expansion of telehealth in the past year, there is still a broad…
A new study points to the power of wearables to predict even presymptomatic infections, suggesting use one day against Covid-19
A new study that infected willing participants with common cold and flu viruses provides the…
Behind Epic’s algorithm to detect sepsis before it progresses
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STAT+: Epic’s sepsis algorithm is going off the rails in the real world. The use of these variables may explain why
In marketing materials and internal documents, national electronic health record vendor Epic Systems has touted…
STAT+: ‘It’s never one-size-fits all’: Health tech leaders look to design to make care more equitable
At the opening of each of her clinics, there’s a moment when Carolyn Witte, the…
STAT+: The ‘Great Resignation’ could be health tech’s next big sales pitch
Innovative health companies hoping to boost sales are playing into one of the biggest fears…
The FDA makes data moves & inside the Theranos trial
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DTx startup takes on a childhood eye disease & Jonathan Bush on the Cures Act
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Opinion: STAT+: Rewriting the playbook for digital therapeutics
The acceleration of investment in digital health and adoption of health-related apps triggered by the…
STAT+: Stanford spins out a company to tap old patient data to answer new questions
A company is launching out of Stanford University on Wednesday to tackle one of the…
STAT+: Digital health measures are gaining traction, but research on privacy and ethics is lagging
A catalyzing new review found virtually no research into ethics, security, and data rights of…
Elizabeth Holmes trial set to resume, with more insider testimony
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STAT+: After a decade at Facebook and Google, a tech exec tries his hand at drug development
After building Facebook’s search bar into a pivotal part of its platform, Tom Stocky is…
Listen: Verily’s moment of truth, Aduhelm’s rocky rollout, & the problem with Covid testing
Are we ever getting that Tricorder? Why’s it so hard to find Covid-19 tests? And…
An Alphabet spinout faces the ultimate test
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Opinion: STAT+: Digital clinical trials can personalize patient engagement, accelerate therapy development
Biopharmaceutical companies were conducting more than 9,000 clinical trials in the U.S. in March 2020…
A startup delivers mental health care to those missed by the unicorns
The explosion of investor interest in behavioral health startups has minted an expanding list of…
STAT+: Inside Verily’s make-or-break push to turn its most promising ideas into profits
It’s a make or break moment for Verily, as the sprawling Google offshoot rapidly accelerates…
The telehealth revolution is still in its nascent stages
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STAT+: Cityblock Health raises another mega-round of funding, tipping its valuation over $5 billion
Cityblock Health, a startup using technology to deliver well-rounded primary care to people covered by…
Lyra tackles alcohol use disorder and other mental health conditions
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STAT+: The next front in the health care cloud wars
After a mad rush to roll out telehealth offerings during the pandemic, the value of…
Elizabeth Holmes on trial, an e-prescribing glitch, & Uber invades Texas
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STAT+: STAT+ Conversation: Theranos returns
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Watch: As Elizabeth Holmes stands trial on fraud charges, catch up on the Theranos saga
Elizabeth Holmes was poised to become the next college-dropout-turned-tech-billionaire. But there was only one problem:…
What to watch for as the long-awaited Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial unfolds
After two delays, two documentaries, and enough podcast hours to fill even the longest of…
Opinion: 3 surprising trends in seniors’ telemedicine use during the pandemic
The explosive growth in telemedicine has been hailed by some as an important “silver lining”…
STAT+: 4 ways Elizabeth Holmes could win over a jury
Elizabeth Holmes may be guilty in the minds of millions who consumed the best-selling book,…
Verily and Mayo Clinic team up on a tool to support clinicians
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STAT+: The Theranos scandal cast a pall over self-testing. The pandemic is giving the industry another shot
This could have been Elizabeth Holmes’ moment. When the then-19-year-old founded Theranos in 2003, she…
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Mental health giants Headspace and Ginger to merge into $3 billion company
Headspace and Ginger, two of the most prominent companies in the increasingly competitive mental health…
A Theranos redux & and vaccine outreach via EHRs
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STAT+: Will breaking apart Google’s health bets give them a better shot at success?
Google is once again overhauling its ambitious health efforts. But this time around, some experts…
To boost Covid-19 vaccine uptake, one health system hunts for patients who fell through the cracks
As public health leaders double down on their efforts to get shots to the 30%…
STAT+: Elizabeth Holmes will be on trial. But the evidence will expose a bigger collision between tech culture and health care
When the long-awaited trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Homes opens at the end of…
Feinberg to leave Google Health for Cerner
David Feinberg has left his post as the leader of Google Health for health care…
A first-of-its-kind bet for an Alphabet spinout
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Illumina purchases Grail without clearance from FTC or European Union
Illumina, the DNA sequencing giant, said Wednesday it has closed its $8 billion purchase of…
A unicorn in women’s health & machine learning skepticism
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STAT+: Verily makes its first major acquisition as it looks to transform clinical trials
On the heels of a series of prominent recent hires, Verily announced plans on Tuesday…
STAT+: With $110 million and a boost from Oprah, maternal health startup Maven hits $1 billion valuation
On Tuesday, maternal and family virtual care platform Maven raised $110 million in late-stage financing…
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At a leading health tech conference, enthusiasm for machine learning mixes with calls for greater scrutiny
Any digital health conference features its share of machine learning evangelism. Technology executives give fervent…
Amazon and Google reawaken sleep tracking & WHO calls for a global misinfo plan
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