Opinion: Fee or free? The services hospital-based psychologists provide are ‘priceless’
Hospital-based psychologists are sorely undervalued, not just for the care they provide their patients and…
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Opinion: Jason Karlawish and an Alzheimer’s caregiver on dementia’s ripple effect
In this week’s “First Opinion Podcast,” I speak with Alzheimer’s expert Jason Karlawish, director of…
Opinion: A caregiver and physician discuss the financial implications of dementia
In his recent First Opinion, “The long, exhausting reach of dementia care,” Jason Karlawish, a…
Opinion: Money from opioid lawsuits is urgently needed now
Opioid companies are being forced to pay for their grave mistakes and misdeeds in helping…
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…
Opinion: Barriers keep many primary care practices from vaccinating seniors
When news first broke in mid-December 2020 that the FDA had issued an emergency use…
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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…
Opinion: Using a collective ‘virtuous cycle’ to break the pandemic
Medical schools teach students a four-part “virtuous cycle” in which one step positively reinforces the…
Opinion: Primary care practices could be the Biden administration’s secret weapon in the fight against Covid-19
For a small-town physician, being given a supply of the Covid-19 vaccine can make a…
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…
Opinion: Lung transplants after Covid-19 raise difficult issues
When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in the spring,…
Opinion: Federal law prohibits employers and others from requiring vaccination with a Covid-19 vaccine distributed under an EUA
Ever since the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for two new vaccines,…
Opinion: Caregivers are missing from the long Covid conversation
Media reports describe the inarguable, if inconvenient, circumstances that follow us into the second year…
Opinion: Dental therapists: a solution for better access to dental care
Difficulty getting dental care is the norm in much of the United States, especially in…
Opinion: Listen: The inaugural First Opinion Podcast: Jay Baruch on writing about medicine
It’s now official. We’ve launched “The First Opinion Podcast.” In the inaugural episode, I talk…
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…
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…
Opinion: The Biden administration needs to look beyond ICER for evaluating drug therapies
As breakthrough drugs stream out of biopharmaceutical laboratories, how much they should cost and who…
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,…
Opinion: Truth and transparency after Covid-19: Mending the relationship between hospitals and the communities they serve
In April 2020, Víctor Santamaría was in an intensive care unit at Weill Cornell Medical…
Opinion: Mobilize family caregivers to speed the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines
Five years ago, I sat in a hospital lounge as a nurse laid out everything…
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:…
Large majority of doctors hold misconceptions about people with disabilities, survey finds
A new survey of U.S. doctors finds that more than 80% believe people with a…
Scientists create a thermostat for blood pressure to help patients with spinal cord injuries
Paralysis or the loss of mobility are among the most pressing and clear consequences of…
New studies clarify which genes may raise breast cancer risk
Two large studies give a much sharper picture of which inherited mutations raise the risk…
For people with OCD — and fearful of germs — the pandemic is upending years of therapy
Long before the pandemic arrived, Renée battled intense fears of getting sick from daily life….
Opinion: As a doctor in the Covid-19 era, I’ve learned that judging patients’ decisions comes easier than it should
Mrs. Gomes, my umpteenth patient of the day, is an older woman — only slightly…
‘There’s no back to normal’: For people with terminal illnesses, time lost to Covid-19 can’t be made up
After Aaron Hoover found out he had glioblastoma in 2019, a new imperative imbued each…
New pediatrician network puts spotlight on climate change’s effects on children
As the effects of climate change play out worldwide, pediatricians see the evidence in their…
Opinion: Let patients speak for themselves on the Biden task force and elsewhere
Ever since President-elect Biden named his Covid-19 task force, advice for improving its makeup has…
CommonHealth, the Android answer to Apple health records, expands to 230 health systems
A cohort of researchers and developers announced Friday that the Android app CommonHealth — which…
‘Already in short supply’: How climate change could chip away at sleep health
In October 2015, Nick Obradovich was living in San Diego when an intense heatwave smothered…
As insurers move this week to stop waiving telehealth copays, patients may have to pay more for virtual care
Starting Oct. 1, several private health insurers will no longer fully pay for virtual visits…
STAT Plus: In another health bet, Amazon expands virtual care program for employees
Amazon is expanding a virtual health care initiative for employees called Amazon Care on Tuesday…
Remote monitoring is rapidly growing — and a new class of patient-consumer is driving the shift
A cardiac patient in Carlsbad sends their doctor in San Francisco a readout of their…
As health tech flourished, Teladoc and Livongo saw an opportunity to ‘accelerate,’ executives say
It took a lot of late-night and early-morning Zoom calls plus some socially distanced in-person…
Opinion: Health care conferences should embrace patients as collaborators
Health care conferences like the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference are as much professional events…
Experimental drug for ALS, dreamed up in a dorm room, offers patients glimmer of hope
An experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, slowed the neurological decline…
STAT Plus: Employers are planning how to blunt the cost of pricey new specialty drugs
As the pharmaceutical industry develops increasingly expensive medicines – notably, those costing seven figures –…
STAT Plus: Pharmacists say they tell patients about physical changes to pills, but consumers say that isn’t always the case
Most consumers say they aren’t notified of physical changes in their prescription pills, even though…
Opinion: ‘How painful is the cost of your health care?’ The case for a new vital sign
“On a scale of 0 to 10, how painful is the cost of your health…
Opinion: My patients want the good old days of office visits. That’s not happening any time soon
I recently got a note from my secretary with this message from a patient: “Tell…
STAT Plus: As new users flock to health apps, experts raise questions about public understanding of data privacy
As digital health tools proliferate, health data experts are raising a new round of alarms…
STAT+ Conversations: AI’s march into the clinic
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded above at 1 p.m. ET…
Dermatology faces a reckoning: Lack of darker skin in textbooks and journals harms care for patients of color
When dermatologist Jenna Lester learned that rashes on skin and toes were a symptom of…
An invisible hand: Patients aren’t being told about the AI systems advising their care
Since February of last year, tens of thousands of patients hospitalized at one of Minnesota’s…
Opinion: Patient-reported data can help monitor the safety of fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccines
The pharma industry is in a mad dash to bring a Covid-19 vaccine to market,…
How should hospitals respond to bias from patients? Experts offer a playbook
All too often, health care workers are the target of biased or bigoted behavior from…
‘We have a job to do’: Cancer patients and their doctors carry on with clinical trials during Covid-19
Cancer isn’t waiting for Covid-19 to go away. Neither is Karen Howley. Diagnosed two years…
Opinion: Dearth of disability-related Covid-19 data can confound response efforts
After a few days of feeling feverish, exhausted, achy, and having an intermittent sore throat,…