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…
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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+: 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…
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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…
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…
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…
Virtual Event: How Tech Can — and Can’t — Eliminate Barriers to Good Health Care
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Opinion: Technology is expanding virtual access to health care. Here’s how to ensure equitable outcomes
Virtual health capabilities are evolving far beyond video consultations with a doctor. They now encompass…
STAT+: Carbon Health, citing concerns about path to profitability, lays off 250 employees
Carbon Health, which runs dozens of brick-and-mortar clinics and a virtual care business, laid off…
Key Senate panel wants to axe in-person requirement for virtual mental health services
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators working on mental health policy have proposed axing…
STAT+: 3 burning questions about the future of prescribing drugs online
Online companies prescribing and dispensing medications like Adderall are garnering increasing scrutiny from clinicians and…
Can Google’s Google Pixel Watch compete with Apple on health?
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A machine learning company pitches its plan to get ahead of the next pandemic
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Telehealth aims to crack open Paxlovid’s prescription bottleneck
After months of shortages, pharmacies across the United States are being stocked with drugs to…
New funding for Curebase and Sidekick Health, Talkspace earnings, and Cerebral setbacks
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Telemedicine abortion providers prepare for surges in states where the procedure will remain legal
Federal protections around abortion will leap back half a century if the Supreme Court repeals…
A clash over online Adderall prescriptions is raising new questions about telehealth
Online pharmacy startups have pledged to make it faster and easier than ever to get…
Truepill halts Adderall prescriptions, heart algorithm taps Apple Watch data, and home health sees a goldrush
Truepill halts prescriptions for stimulants The online pharmacy Truepill is temporarily halting prescriptions of Adderall and other…
The FDA’s Rob Califf on importing drugs from Canada, on Aduhelm, and on opioids
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STAT+: Meet the lawmakers and lobbyists who want to bring health tech into the home
Years into the pandemic’s almost overnight transition to virtual care, providers and health plans are…
Teladoc takes a hit with $6.6 billion impairment charge on Livongo
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STAT+: Biofourmis raises $300 million as it looks to drive adoption of remote care
Biofourmis has spent years trying to figure out how to help care for patients with…
STAT+: The health tech tracker for the second quarter: the decisive industry deals and events to watch
As another Covid winter turns to spring, we’ll be watching to see whether 2022’s wave…
STAT+: Pharma partnerships with digital therapeutics players to watch
With high-minded ambitions to revolutionize health care with the help of software, digital therapeutics companies…
How physicians are capturing — or overlooking — virtual care’s value
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With a $2.4 billion merger, a new company aims to transform kidney care
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STAT+: 5 tech strategies health systems are testing to combat clinician burnout
Health care workers are experiencing unprecedented levels of burnout during the pandemic, leading many to quit…
Digital health’s friend zone and detecting pneumonia in the emergency room
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Opinion: Covid-19 and telehealth: Holding on to the gains of remote care
In January 2020, telehealth companies were proceeding with a long, slow slog toward sustainability. Four…
As mental health tech heats up, startups in the space are making more exits
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Teladoc strikes a deal with Amazon, but may take a loss on Livongo
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Virtual reality in the health care space heats up
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STAT+: The health tech tracker for the first quarter: 13 decisive industry events and deals to watch
As we enter the pandemic’s third year, we’ll be watching to see whether skyrocketing digital…
STAT+: Chatbots, surveys, and texts: Telehealth companies cut costs by reimagining the front desk
Telehealth companies struggling to stand out in a crowded virtual care market are increasingly leaning…
Newly public health tech startups struggle, a ticking clock for Talkspace, & decentralized depression trial
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STAT+: Health tech’s sky-high projections in 2021 have already been punctured
The health technology sector has seen extraordinary enthusiasm among private and public investors this year….
Telehealth’s 2021 report card & CVS leans on digital health
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Digital pills for PrEP & Holmes testimony on Theranos comes to a close
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Opinion: Archaic in-person exam for digital prescribing is holding back health care innovation
At a press conference in 1986, President Ronald Reagan said he felt the nine most…
Pear makes it stock market debut & telehealth players lock arms
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STAT+: Carbon Health launches a program for continuous glucose monitoring to curb diabetes risk
In April, endocrinologist Calvin Wu described how his company, Steady Health, was making use of…
STAT+: Major telehealth players unite ahead of tough lobbying battle
WASHINGTON — Major players in the telehealth space have united to create a supergroup of…
STAT+: The pandemic forced an experiment in delivering intensive mental health care from home. Will the approach stick?
When the pandemic lockdowns slammed society’s doors closed in March 2020, the leaders at McLean…
Opinion: In defense of not treating everyone the same
As a third-generation Black physician who has experienced firsthand discrimination from health care providers, I…
Virtual care companies rush to ease access to Covid-19 antivirals
As two new antiviral pills for Covid-19 approach emergency authorization, experts are concerned that a…