A WHO official on why we need a global tech strategy to fight vaccine misinformation
The creation of effective vaccines has offered a lifeline in the worst pandemic in world…
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STAT+: As tech giants double down on sleep tracking, providers want more proof it’s useful
Wearable sleep tracking has been an alluring target for tech giants for nearly a decade….
STAT+: ‘We don’t unlearn’: What the pandemic has taught regulators about real-world data
During the pandemic, regulatory agencies deployed emergency measures left and right to speed care to…
A ‘frothy’ digital health market, Verily partners with Colgate, & a HIMSS dispatch
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Opinion: Digital twins: Will doubling up help personalize health care?
Two often-cited emerging trends in the health care space are personalized care and remote care….
STAT+: In the feeding frenzy of health tech dealmaking, the little fish wield power
The fickle market only lets executives at health care startups control so much, but for…
As HIMSS approaches, plans for health tech’s biggest gathering are clashing with a need for caution
It was supposed to be a coming out party for the digital health industry after…
Radiology software company Sirona Medical emerges from stealth mode
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With a nudge from AI, ketamine emerges as a potential rare disease treatment
In the seven difficult years since their son Mateo was diagnosed with a rare disease,…
Artificial pancreases were a breakthrough for type 1 diabetes. The research in type 2 is just beginning
For the first time, a team of researchers has published research into how a closed-loop…
A heart attack app, misinfo crackdowns, and MRI-safe headphones
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Opinion: Regulating digital health apps needs user-centered reform
When people seek health information, they expect what they get to be reliable and accurate….
With Apple’s backing, can an app help heart attack patients navigate recovery?
In July 2016, two cardiologists and a handful of computer scientists and developers rolled up…
‘A mini-engineering feat’: High-tech headphones drown out the scary noises inside an MRI
For many people, entering the confinement of an MRI machine can be harrowing: Scans can…
Opinion: Health care innovation can’t quit now that we are ahead
As health care companies raised a record-breaking $31.6 billion during the first quarter of 2021,…
Overdose data, often scattered and siloed, pose challenges for researchers racing to predict risk
As fatal overdoses once again rise — accounting for 92,183 deaths in 2020, a 30%…
STAT+: Deep Genomics raises $180 million to automate drug discovery
Brendan Frey, the founder and chief executive of Deep Genomics, thinks the wrong people are…
Investigating Epic’s AI, an unhealthy digital divide, & a new day for interoperability
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STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A conversation on scrutiny facing Epic’s health care algorithms
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
Researchers analyzed 4,063 papers on tools to help guide care. Only 12 were replications
Clinical decision support is one of digital health’s great promises. Faced with a surplus of…
STAT+: Epic’s AI algorithms, shielded from scrutiny by a corporate firewall, are delivering inaccurate information on seriously ill patients
Several artificial intelligence algorithms developed by Epic Systems, the nation’s largest electronic health record vendor,…
Alphabet firm DeepMind releases massive database of 3D protein structures
With the advent of cheap genetic sequencing, the world of biology has been flooded with…
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STAT+: Happify to release prescription app to treat depression under loosened FDA rules
Leveraging Food and Drug Administration regulations loosened during the pandemic, Happify Health, which is best…
STAT+: Therapy chatbot startup Woebot raises $90 million
Woebot announced Wednesday that it raised a $90 million Series B investment to further the…
Amazon’s health cloud, Pichai on AI, and digital Alzheimer’s screens
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STAT+: DeepMind and and a rival release dueling code for protein-folding AI
Computational biologists have been on tenterhooks for the past seven months, ever since DeepMind took…
A slice of Apple’s health research, Teladoc for Teams, & combating health misinfo
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STAT+: Apple provides narrow glimpse at research behind new walking steadiness feature
Apple is gearing up to release a new metric called Walking Steadiness aimed at preventing…
Researchers use machine learning to translate brain signals from a paralyzed patient into text
Assistive technologies such as handheld tablets and eye-tracking devices are increasingly helping give voice to…
Rest stop telehealth, a data aggregator gets buy-in, & the EHR time drain
Truveta scores $95 million, adds hospital partners Truveta, a company formed to aggregate patient data…
STAT+: Patient data company Truveta raises $95 million, secures new hospital partners
A company formed to aggregate and sell de-identified data on millions of American patients has…
‘The party is winding down’: States and insurers resurrect barriers to telehealth, putting strain on patients
Telemedicine is here to stay. But its free-for-all era may be coming to an end….
STAT+: A Johns Hopkins startup aims to shake up AI in medicine with research-first approach
The formula for launching a machine learning company in health care looks something like this:…
STAT+: Sonde’s voice health tracking comes to Qualcomm’s smartphone chips
Vocal biomarker startup Sonde has been quietly plotting a way to make tracking respiratory and…
How Doximity parlayed its popularity with doctors into a blockbuster IPO
Doximity exploded onto the public markets last month with an IPO that saw share values…
Apple’s fall risk feature, 2021 in deals, & the fax facts
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STAT+: The most intriguing health tech deals of the year (so far)
In the world of digital health, money is flying around like never before. All that…
Opinion: Outdated Medicare rules threaten older Americans’ access to home medical equipment
Pandemic-related breaks in global supply chains for drugs and essential medical supplies are affecting the…
STAT+: The health tech tracker for the third quarter: 11 pivotal industry events to watch
The third quarter will answer crucial questions about the near-term future of digital health. Will…
Demand is growing for continuous glucose monitoring for type 2 diabetes. Primary care doctors need to prepare
In the last year, Jai Smith has cycled through 13 primary care doctors. Ever since…
The WHO on ethical AI, Doximity’s ascent, & algorithms for IVF
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The digital drug horizon, details on Verily’s Baseline, & VR for burn pain
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STAT+: 5 companies harnessing AI for drug discovery to watch
A decade ago, the business of drug discovery changed forever. Machine learning researchers were beginning…
Pervasive bias in algorithms, Pear’s SPAC, & an Amazon accelerator
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STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: Can tech change in-home care for seniors?
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
STAT+: Pear Therapeutics to go public in $1.6 billion SPAC merger
Barreling forward with its early momentum in the digital therapeutics market, Pear Therapeutics announced Tuesday…
STAT+: ‘It’s hard to know what’s trustworthy’: A new research effort aims to vet digital health data from wearables
Covid-19 upended the way clinical trials get done — and don’t get done. With in-person…
STAT+: A popular algorithm to predict sepsis misses most cases and sends frequent false alarms, study finds
It was a win win. Hospitals needed to prevent patient deaths from sepsis, a complication…
‘Nobody is catching it’: Algorithms used in hospitals nationwide are rife with bias
The algorithms carry out an array of crucial tasks: helping emergency rooms nationwide triage patients, …
STAT+: ‘A Lego kit for health care builders’: Jonathan Bush launches Zus with medical records in mind
Jonathan Bush is back for another act. On Thursday, the founder and former chief executive…