STAT+: How artificial intelligence could make clinical trials smarter
Clinical trials have a dirty little secret. For all the careful work that goes into…
Category: medical technology
Akili’s therapeutic video game will be tested as a treatment for Covid ‘brain fog’
Akili, which made history last summer by earning regulatory clearance for the first video-game based…
Opinion: A skeptic’s take on Neuralink and other consumer neurotech
The titans of Silicon Valley say that the brain-computer interface revolution is coming, and neurotech…
‘Who is going to protect me?’: Ratings app aims to remove bias from the birthing experiences of Black and brown mothers
Thirty weeks into my first pregnancy, I developed some concerning abdominal pain. The clinicians in…
Virtual therapy startups tackle the gap in mental health care for kids and teens
When Alex Alvarado and his co-founders started their virtual therapy company Daybreak Health in February…
STAT+: Former Medicare leader Seema Verma joins board of health tech firm Lumeris
She was President Trump’s top Medicare official. Now, Seema Verma, the former Centers for Medicare…
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STAT+: The health tech tracker for the second quarter: 15 pivotal industry events to watch
Securing a billion dollars of yearly funding was once considered a landmark achievement in health…
STAT+: 5 health care projects to watch at Google Cloud
If the pieces come together, Google will be as omnipresent in health care as it…
Facing data gaps on trans populations, researchers turn to health records for answers
Electronic health records are enabling a new generation of health care researchers to study thousands…
Opinion: Lessons from Nordic countries can accelerate the impact of AI in medicine
The Swedish-made Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut is one of the fastest and most beautiful cars ever…
STAT+: With Amazon and Ro on its heels, Uber expands its prescription delivery business
After steering into prescription delivery in two cities last summer with digital pharmacy startup NimbleRx,…
STAT+: Digital therapeutics startups are ready for more regulation, not less
Digital therapeutics companies are eager to show their work. Five days before President Biden took…
STAT+: How the wave of telehealth SPACs during the pandemic could create a ‘perfect storm’ for investors
In little more than a year, telehealth has gone from a backwater of American health…
Backed by Amazon Care and Intermountain, a new coalition lobbies for policy changes around at-home care
The telehealth boom has made one thing clear: The era of health care provided exclusively…
STAT+: What Amazon Care’s nationwide expansion means for the telehealth industry
Amazon is officially starting its ascent to the national telehealth stage — and its nationwide…
STAT+: 4 health startups racing to shake up diabetes care
If you’re a digital health startup looking to make an impact, it makes sense to…
To dampen background noise, hearing aid makers tap AI to amplify the right sounds
For many people with hearing loss, a normal conversation at a busy restaurant is the…
STAT+: VC firm General Catalyst taps expertise of former Ancestry, Livongo, and Gilead executives
General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja realized he had created a unique playbook for health care startups…
STAT+: Google continues its wellness expansion with sleep sensing technology for Nest Hub
Google is turning another device into a wellness gadget. A month after introducing two health…
STAT+: Inside Color’s big — and highly bankrolled — pivot to public health tech
Mark Evans may just have the fastest tests in the west. In La Cañada, Calif.,…
How will doctors talk to patients about contraception apps like Natural Cycles and Clue?
Two years ago, Danielle Castillo decided to end her 13-year relationship with the pill. She…
STAT+: 4 lessons from IBM’s failure to transform medicine with Watson Health
The demise of IBM’s Watson Health would be easy to file away as another ill-fated…
STAT+: ‘We are on a collision course’: As virtual care booms, experts call for new health data privacy protections
A drop in your daily step count. A missed period. A loss of hearing. If…
STAT+: Inside the fall of Watson Health: How IBM’s audacious plan to ‘change the face of health care’ with AI fell apart
It was a summer day in 2018, and the outlook could hardly have seemed more…
STAT+: FDA releases a new plan to bring its data skills up to speed
When Ram Iyer started his new job at the Food and Drug Administration in 2020,…
STAT+: Apple Watch research plows ahead, revealing the device’s health potential
Apple has marketed its Watch for years as a tool to monitor and improve your…
STAT+: Amazon Care’s health provider has quietly filed paperwork to operate in 17 more states
The clinical provider for Amazon Care, the tech giant’s virtual-first medical platform, is quietly gearing…
STAT+: 5 names to know: the key players steering Amazon’s sprawling push into health care
Its spinout Haven may have shuttered, but Amazon’s appetite for health care disruption has only…
STAT+: Cigna’s Evernorth to acquire telehealth company MDLive
Riding a wave of pandemic-fueled momentum for virtual care, Cigna subsidiary Evernorth is acquiring telehealth…
How Covid-19 could usher in a new role for continuous glucose monitoring in hospitals
In early May, a wing of Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center was eerily empty….
Backed by Google, epidemiologists launch a sweeping Covid-19 data platform
Last January, Samuel Scarpino wasn’t sure what to make of Covid-19. The director of Northeastern…
STAT+: Google reveals new progress on controversial project using patient data
More than a year after facing widespread criticism over its patient data-sharing arrangement with hospital…
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STAT+: ‘Following the Amazon playbook’: As digital pharmacy grows more crowded, startups scramble to stand out
Ever since Amazon launched its digital pharmacy late last year, industry rivals have been worried…
STAT+: Covid crushed in-person pharma sales. Tech is pitching itself as a solution
The pandemic grounded tens of thousands of pharmaceutical reps who usually roam the country urging…
STAT+: Backed by big hospitals, a former Microsoft executive wades into the messy business of selling patient data
He was once dubbed “the most important man at Microsoft,” a prodigiously talented software engineer…
STAT+: Zocdoc, staking its future on the promise of hybrid care, raises $150 million
Less than a year since Zocdoc reinvented itself as a telehealth platform in the face…
Could AI tools for breast cancer worsen disparities? Patchy public data in FDA filings fuel concern
The great hope of artificial intelligence in breast cancer is that it can distinguish harmless…
Equip, a startup providing virtual therapy for eating disorders, raises $13 million
A vanguard of virtual behavioral health startups are attracting investor interest. The latest: Equip, which…
‘These numbers are incredibly important’: Doctors and lawmakers call on FDA to address racial disparities in pulse oximeters
A long-documented, under-the-radar disparity is garnering new attention as the Covid-19 pandemic stretches into another…
Opinion: Telehealth’s critics have it right: The industry must evolve
For many people, January is a time for new beginnings. But for many telehealth patients,…
Google expands its health goals with new wellness features for Pixel phones
Google is taking a bite out of another piece of the health care pie. On…
23andMe to go public via Richard Branson’s SPAC
The genetics testing company 23andMe will enter the public markets via a special purpose acquisition…
Apple Watches can help track Parkinson’s disease symptoms
Apple’s quest to put a smartwatch on every wrist continues with its latest health research:…
STAT+: As the FDA clears a flood of AI tools, missing data raise troubling questions on safety and fairness
Artificial intelligence is the fastest-growing frontier in medicine, but it is also among the most…
Verily spinout Onduo expands virtual care to Spanish speakers
The virtual care company Onduo is widening its reach: On Tuesday, the Alphabet-owned company announced…
STAT+: Could training AI to learn from patients give doctors a better understanding of the causes of pain?
For years, AI researchers have focused their energy on developing algorithms capable of sharpening or…
For states, tracking Covid-19 vaccination data poses a huge challenge
After a long day of doling out Covid-19 vaccines, workers in Utah County toil late…
Opinion: It’s time to be more open-minded to newcomers moving into health, even from tech
Silicon Valley types like to talk about disrupting things. But health care doesn’t want to…
STAT+: How Teladoc is teeing itself up to dominate in telehealth after the pandemic subsides
Teladoc is teeing itself up to remain a dominant digital health provider long after the…
Opinion: Startups should focus on innovations that truly improve mental health
An unexpected side effect of the tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented opportunity for…