Category: Health tech
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STAT+: Patient health data as a public utility: A former ARPA-H data chief explains
STAT+: Patient health data as a public utility: A former ARPA-H data chief explains Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services published a sweeping document that described the agency’s approach to real-world data. Historically, health and biomedical data has been intentionally manufactured, the output of carefully designed clinical trials. But in a digitized…
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STAT+: Science Corp. raises $230 million to bring retinal implant to Americans
STAT+: Science Corp. raises $230 million to bring retinal implant to Americans Science Corporation announced Thursday that the company raised $230 million as it awaits a decision from the Food and Drug Administration on PRIMA, its wireless retinal implant. The Series C funding round includes investors from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Quiet…
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STAT+: Omada reports first profitable quarter as it seizes broad GLP-1 opportunity
STAT+: Omada reports first profitable quarter as it seizes broad GLP-1 opportunity Digital chronic care company Omada reported a quarterly profit for the first time since going public less than a year ago, the company revealed while announcing its full year 2025 earnings Thursday. Omada also provided earnings guidance for 2026, suggesting the company will…
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STAT+: What does malpractice insurance have to do with AI?
STAT+: What does malpractice insurance have to do with AI? You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Are you coming down off the Olympics hype and eagerly awaiting college basketball’s March Madness?…
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STAT+: HHS adviser hopes prior authorization reform happens in ‘double-digit months,’ not years
STAT+: HHS adviser hopes prior authorization reform happens in ‘double-digit months,’ not years WASHINGTON — A top U.S. health official told a room full of doctors on Wednesday that he hopes the Trump administration’s efforts to whittle down the insurance industry’s use of prior authorizations will produce results “in double-digit months” instead of years, calling…
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STAT+: FDA taps AI executive to lead digital health center
STAT+: FDA taps AI executive to lead digital health center The Food and Drug Administration has tapped a former executive from a health artificial intelligence company to lead its digital health center. Rick Abramson, formerly a chief medical officer at a subsidiary of Harrison.ai, which develops AI products to interpret radiological images, is the new…
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STAT+: AI Prognosis: Who’s keeping tabs on how health insurers are using AI?
STAT+: AI Prognosis: Who’s keeping tabs on how health insurers are using AI? You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. If you are a nerd like me, you may enjoy this game…
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We tested the government’s official new AI nutrition tool: Grok
We tested the government’s official new AI nutrition tool: Grok How trustworthy is the new U.S. food pyramid? It’s a mixed bag, according to the government website devoted to that pyramid. Kyle Diamantas, head of the Human Foods Program at the Food and Drug Administration, alerted the public this week to a generative artificial intelligence…
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STAT+: TrumpRx claims to offer the lowest prices. But many drugs have cheaper generics
STAT+: TrumpRx claims to offer the lowest prices. But many drugs have cheaper generics WASHINGTON — President Trump said the administration’s new TrumpRx website will offer the cheapest prices in the world for 43 brand-name drugs, and counting. But about half of them are already available as generics, usually for much less. The website is…
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STAT+: Epic launches AI Charting, potentially scrambling the ambient scribe market
STAT+: Epic launches AI Charting, potentially scrambling the ambient scribe market The nation’s largest electronic health record company, Epic Systems, announced on Wednesday more details around its long-anticipated AI Charting feature, which could disrupt the market for ambient scribes. Several health systems are piloting the tools now, the company said. “I almost bristle a little…
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STAT+: The FDA questions underlying Utah’s AI prescription pilot
STAT+: The FDA questions underlying Utah’s AI prescription pilot One of my favorite science communicators, Alex Dainis, is in the middle of a short-form video series where she’s tasting every amino acid. Each video is great, but her reaction to tasting cysteine is memorable. I am obsessed; you should give a couple of the videos…
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STAT+: Senators raise concerns about TrumpRx in letter to HHS watchdog
STAT+: Senators raise concerns about TrumpRx in letter to HHS watchdog The Trump administration soon plans to launch TrumpRx, a website it says will allow patients to buy prescription drugs directly from pharmaceutical companies at a discount. Over several months, the administration has made deals with more than a dozen pharmaceutical manufacturers to expand access…
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STAT+: AI biotech founded by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is raising $150 million
STAT+: AI biotech founded by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is raising $150 million Hologen, a secretive AI startup co-founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, is seeking to raise $150 million in a Series A fundraising round, STAT has learned. Hologen describes itself as a “frontier medical AI company, a drug development & diagnostics company,…
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STAT+: DeepMind releases AlphaGenome source code, aiming to improve its AI predictions of gene regulation
STAT+: DeepMind releases AlphaGenome source code, aiming to improve its AI predictions of gene regulation When the world’s scientists finally pieced together a first draft of the human genome in 2003, one of the biggest surprises was just how little of it — only about 20,000 genes — are involved in the business of producing…
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STAT+: Dozens of hospitals demand better security for patient record sharing in letter to officials
STAT+: Dozens of hospitals demand better security for patient record sharing in letter to officials More than 60 health systems have sent a letter to officials running national health record exchanges, asking them to take action to prevent “bad actors” from accessing patients’ health information. The letter follows a lawsuit last week from electronic health…
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STAT+: Former executives of device maker Zynex Medical indicted for fraud
STAT+: Former executives of device maker Zynex Medical indicted for fraud A federal grand jury in Rhode Island indicted two former executives of pain management device company Zynex Medical with multiple counts of health care fraud this week. The indictment alleges that from 2017 through 2025, former Chief Executive Officer Thomas Sandgaard and Chief Operating…
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STAT+: OpenEvidence raises $250 million, doubling its valuation
STAT+: OpenEvidence raises $250 million, doubling its valuation OpenEvidence, maker of a popular chatbot that helps doctors search clinical evidence, on Wednesday announced $250 million in new funding. The new round led by Thrive Capital and DST Global values OpenEvidence at $12 billion, and the company has announced $735 million in funding in the last…
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STAT+: Slingshot pulls therapy chatbot Ash out of U.K. over regulatory concerns
STAT+: Slingshot pulls therapy chatbot Ash out of U.K. over regulatory concerns Slingshot AI will withdraw its therapy chatbot app Ash from the United Kingdom this week over concerns that it runs afoul of the country’s medical device regulations. Slingshot CEO Daniel Reid Cahn wrote in an email to users that “there isn’t a clear…
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STAT+: Former Humana CEO Bruce Broussard on WISeR, AI, and transparency
STAT+: Former Humana CEO Bruce Broussard on WISeR, AI, and transparency You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Are you, like me, fascinated with the superhuman abilities of a professional Geoguessr player…
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STAT+: Former AMA president says the U.S. health care system will implode without an overhaul
STAT+: Former AMA president says the U.S. health care system will implode without an overhaul When artificial intelligence medical imaging company Aidoc asked Jesse Ehrenfeld to be the company’s new chief medical officer, he said no. At 47, Ehrenfeld has already had a distinguished career: He was a commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps…
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STAT+: Secretive Project Prometheus takes VC Bob Nelsen beyond just health care
STAT+: Secretive Project Prometheus takes VC Bob Nelsen beyond just health care SAN FRANCISCO — Venture capitalist Bob Nelsen believes his latest project will be “one of the most important companies in the world.” But, unusually for the longtime biotech investor, it’s not strictly in health care. Nelsen has been quietly working on a new…
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Opinion: 46% of U.S. counties don’t have a cardiologist. ARPA-H’s new agentic AI program could bring them specialized care
Opinion: 46% of U.S. counties don’t have a cardiologist. ARPA-H’s new agentic AI program could bring them specialized care When my 14-year journey to train as a heart failure cardiologist finally concluded, I naturally assumed the hardest time was behind me. But in my first job I found myself working as the only cardiologist in…
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STAT+: At JPM, doctors’ darling OpenEvidence says it’s pursuing ‘medical super-intelligence’
STAT+: At JPM, doctors’ darling OpenEvidence says it’s pursuing ‘medical super-intelligence’ OpenEvidence has rapidly become a household name among physicians, with a chatbot that answers their day-to-day clinical questions. Last year, it raised $200 million — twice — valuing the company at more than $6 billion. Its next reported round, yet to be confirmed, would…
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STAT+: AI Prognosis readers’ predictions for health AI in 2026. What’s on your bingo card?
STAT+: AI Prognosis readers’ predictions for health AI in 2026. What’s on your bingo card? You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Hope you had a great holiday season. I’m starting off…
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STAT+: FDA announces sweeping changes to oversight of wearables, AI-enabled devices
STAT+: FDA announces sweeping changes to oversight of wearables, AI-enabled devices LAS VEGAS — The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will ease regulation of digital health products, following through on the Trump administration’s promises to deregulate artificial intelligence and promote its widespread use. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary indicated that one of the…
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STAT+: Who will pay for AI in health care? 3 trends to watch in 2026
STAT+: Who will pay for AI in health care? 3 trends to watch in 2026 The health care industry is gearing up for a battle over whether and how clinical artificial intelligence should get paid for. As of the end of September, the Food and Drug Administration has authorized 1,357 AI-enabled medical devices. But very…
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Opinion: New medical technology presents hospitals with a prisoner’s dilemma
Opinion: New medical technology presents hospitals with a prisoner’s dilemma In 2026, Medtronic plans to launch a new robot to compete with a legacy market leader. This new robot is reportedly cheaper both in startup and sustained costs. That’s a welcome direction for any new medical technology, but it ignores a problem that hospitals, especially…
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STAT+: Brain-computer implants are coming of age. Here are 3 trends to watch in 2026
STAT+: Brain-computer implants are coming of age. Here are 3 trends to watch in 2026 Brain-computer interface startups are surging — and poised to expand technologically and geographically. After early feasibility studies and securing breakthrough device designations from the Food and Drug Administration, for several companies’ the future is looking less like a mirage and…
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STAT+: Rolling back health AI transparency rule will shift the burden of vetting to health systems
STAT+: Rolling back health AI transparency rule will shift the burden of vetting to health systems A Trump administration proposal to deregulate artificial intelligence products used in health care would shift the burden of vetting those tools onto health systems that would have to work harder to prove the technology is trustworthy, experts said. In…
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STAT+: Trump order blocking state AI laws could slow health AI adoption, leave patients vulnerable
STAT+: Trump order blocking state AI laws could slow health AI adoption, leave patients vulnerable President Donald Trump’s new executive order to block state laws governing artificial intelligence could help the tech industry but hurt health systems looking to adopt AI safely, and leave patients without protection. This order, aimed at maintaining U.S. dominance in…
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STAT+: Top HHS official evades discussing Trump plan to block state AI laws
STAT+: Top HHS official evades discussing Trump plan to block state AI laws WASHINGTON — During wide-ranging comments on technology Wednesday, deputy health secretary Jim O’Neill demurred when asked about a controversial proposal to prevent states from enforcing local artificial intelligence laws. “I’ll evade, if that’s alright,” said O’Neill. President Trump on Monday indicated in…
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STAT+: Boehringer Ingelheim prepares schizophrenia app for FDA submission after trial results
STAT+: Boehringer Ingelheim prepares schizophrenia app for FDA submission after trial results HANOVER, N.H. — Boehringer Ingelheim this week provided more details about a late stage clinical trial of an app designed to treat under-addressed symptoms of schizophrenia and revealed the company is preparing to submit the app to the Food and Drug Administration for…
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STAT+: In radiology, an early adopter of AI, technology is advancing faster than the field can keep up
STAT+: In radiology, an early adopter of AI, technology is advancing faster than the field can keep up In the massive demonstration arena of Chicago’s McCormick Place conference complex this week, hundreds of computer monitors lit up with every body part and radiological image: fractures in X-rays, breast cancer in mammograms, brain atrophy in MRIs,…
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STAT+: AI scribe clinical trial results are here. What do they actually reveal?
STAT+: AI scribe clinical trial results are here. What do they actually reveal? You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Two things of note: Submit your 2025 health AI bingo vote and…
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STAT+: FDA offers staff ‘agentic AI’ to support premarket reviews, administrative tasks
STAT+: FDA offers staff ‘agentic AI’ to support premarket reviews, administrative tasks The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced plans to offer its employees a broader set of artificial intelligence tools to use in premarket reviews and for other purposes amid persistent concerns that the technology can behave unpredictably. The agency touts in a…
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STAT+: Patients are already using AI. How can the health care system help?
STAT+: Patients are already using AI. How can the health care system help? You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Happy Thanksgiving! This year, I’m grateful for all the cool things I…
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STAT+: FDA approves Paradromics’ brain-computer interface trial for speech restoration
STAT+: FDA approves Paradromics’ brain-computer interface trial for speech restoration Paradromics announced Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration approved a clinical study to evaluate whether the company’s brain-computer interface for speech restoration is safe and capable of providing the ability to communicate via text or synthesized speech to someone with paralysis. The Austin-based company…
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STAT+: FDA approval for AI isn’t working. What about medical licenses instead?
STAT+: FDA approval for AI isn’t working. What about medical licenses instead? You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Do you wish your group chat could discuss both the latest Olivia Nuzzi…
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STAT+: Wellness startup Function Health raises $300 million as consumer lab testing picks up steam
STAT+: Wellness startup Function Health raises $300 million as consumer lab testing picks up steam Function Health, which offers its members nutrition, supplement, and other lifestyle guidance based on lab tests and body scans, announced on Wednesday $298 million in new funding with plans to add artificial intelligence features to help with the interpretation of…
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STAT+: Novo Nordisk’s $199 Ozempic deal shows what telehealth platforms can do for pharma
STAT+: Novo Nordisk’s $199 Ozempic deal shows what telehealth platforms can do for pharma On Monday, Novo Nordisk announced a discount on its popular drugs for diabetes and obesity, Ozempic and Wegovy, cutting prices for the lowest doses to $199 when patients pay cash through Novo’s pharmacy NovoCare. Patients searching for those deals online, though,…
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STAT+: FDA clears spinal cord stimulator for home use
STAT+: FDA clears spinal cord stimulator for home use The Food and Drug Administration has green-lit home use of a device that helps people with spinal cord injuries regain mobility and functioning. Onward Medical announced Monday that the company had received clearance to expand the use of its spinal cord stimulator outside of clinics. “People…
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STAT+: The real story behind AI water usage
STAT+: The real story behind AI water usage You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. As you’ll see, AI Prognosis looks a little different today because I’ve been busy attending and traveling…
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Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again
Covid-era rules for addiction medication, Ritalin are extended again The Trump administration appears poised to extend a temporary, Covid-era rule allowing health providers to prescribe certain controlled substances, like ADHD medications and treatments for opioid addiction, via telemedicine. Under the current rules, providers can initiate prescriptions for drugs like Ritalin or Adderall for ADHD, or…
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STAT+: UnitedHealthcare drops remote monitoring coverage in defiance of Medicare policies
STAT+: UnitedHealthcare drops remote monitoring coverage in defiance of Medicare policies Beginning in January, UnitedHealthcare will no longer pay physicians to remotely monitor the data that patients collect at home about chronic conditions like hypertension. The updated medical policies for both Medicare and commercial health plans from the country’s largest insurer were posted in September…
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STAT+: Will Optum Real really end the payer vs provider AI wars?
STAT+: Will Optum Real really end the payer vs provider AI wars? You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Multiple people have told me they’re now planning to see “Doctor Moloch,” the…
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STAT+: Eli Lilly, NVIDIA team up to build pharma’s biggest AI supercomputer
STAT+: Eli Lilly, NVIDIA team up to build pharma’s biggest AI supercomputer Eli Lilly announced a partnership with chipmaker NVIDIA on Tuesday to build what it claims will be the “most powerful supercomputer owned and operated by a pharmaceutical company.” Lilly’s technology investment is meant to help the drugmaker tap into the potential of artificial…
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STAT+: European oncology experts roll out guidance for use of large language models in clinical care
STAT+: European oncology experts roll out guidance for use of large language models in clinical care BERLIN — The leading professional organization for European oncologists has rolled out its first set of guidance on how its members should use large language models, a type of artificial intelligence, in cancer medicine. “The oncology community cannot ignore…
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STAT+: Anthropic’s biology head talks ‘Claude for Life Sciences’
STAT+: Anthropic’s biology head talks ‘Claude for Life Sciences’ You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. I saw the Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Broadway production of “Waiting for Godot” last week,…
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Opinion: STAT+: Why this cardiologist is cautious about the Apple Watch’s blood pressure feature
Opinion: STAT+: Why this cardiologist is cautious about the Apple Watch’s blood pressure feature Welcome to The Workup, a First Opinion column from Vishal Khetpal. As a physician in the age of wearables, glancing at a patient’s wrist has become a natural, unspoken part of the physical exam. In most cases, finding an Apple Watch doesn’t…
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STAT+: Top Democrat demands more detail from Medicare insurers about their use of AI
STAT+: Top Democrat demands more detail from Medicare insurers about their use of AI Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is pressing the nation’s largest Medicare Advantage insurers to provide more detail about their use of artificial intelligence tools amid reports that these companies are rapidly increasing their reliance on the technology to help make decisions about…
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STAT+: Coalition for Health AI faces escalating attacks by Trump officials, loss of founding member Amazon
STAT+: Coalition for Health AI faces escalating attacks by Trump officials, loss of founding member Amazon The Trump administration is escalating its efforts to weaken a tech industry-funded group seeking to help shape the nation’s use of artificial intelligence in health care. The Coalition for Health AI, or CHAI, is made up of some of…
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STAT+: UnitedHealth taps Duke scientist to lead AI efforts
STAT+: UnitedHealth taps Duke scientist to lead AI efforts UnitedHealth Group has tapped a Duke University artificial intelligence expert to be its chief AI scientist as the health care giant ramps up the use of the technology across its sprawling network of businesses, according to a memo obtained by STAT. Michael Pencina, chief data scientist…
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STAT+: Patients set to lose hospital care at home if government funding isn’t extended
STAT+: Patients set to lose hospital care at home if government funding isn’t extended WASHINGTON — If Congress doesn’t fund the government by the end of the day on Tuesday, patients across the country who have been receiving hospital-level care at home will be placed back in hospitals. The Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative…
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STAT+: The ‘HIPAA-compliant’ myth and other health privacy fallacies
STAT+: The ‘HIPAA-compliant’ myth and other health privacy fallacies You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. This weekend I had my first apple cider of the season. It was (and is, I…
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STAT+: As medical AI use grows, industry payments to providers remain opaque
STAT+: As medical AI use grows, industry payments to providers remain opaque Artificial intelligence has danced around the fringes of prostate cancer for years, but in 2024, it got a profile-raising boost: An AI tool that could use biopsy images and clinical data to predict therapy benefits and a patient’s prognosis was recommended in a…
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STAT+: FDA will convene an advisory committee to tackle AI mental health device regulation
STAT+: FDA will convene an advisory committee to tackle AI mental health device regulation The Food and Drug Administration will convene experts to discuss challenges around regulating mental health products that use artificial intelligence, as a growing number of companies release chatbots powered by large language models whose output can be unpredictable. The move suggests…
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STAT+: Former top FDA digital leader lands at Mayo Clinic
STAT+: Former top FDA digital leader lands at Mayo Clinic Sonja Fulmer, who recently left her role as a top digital health official at the Food and Drug Administration, last week started a new position focused on health tech policy at the Mayo Clinic. She is the second top health regulator to land at the…
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STAT+: Epic must face claims it used monopoly power to harm a rival business, judge rules
STAT+: Epic must face claims it used monopoly power to harm a rival business, judge rules In a rare legal setback, Epic Systems will face claims that it illegally used monopoly power as the nation’s dominant electronic health record vendor to unfairly butt out a rival from a growing business serving health insurers. Judge Naomi…
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STAT+: 5 concerns raised during House hearing on health AI
STAT+: 5 concerns raised during House hearing on health AI The growing influence of artificial intelligence in health care was on display Wednesday as House lawmakers peppered invited witnesses with pointed questions about how technology might influence seemingly disparate topics like drug development, experimental Medicare models, and teen mental health. The hearing description by the…
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STAT+: Abridge CEO downplays impact of Epic’s new AI on call with customers
STAT+: Abridge CEO downplays impact of Epic’s new AI on call with customers Artificial intelligence company Abridge held a meeting with hospital customers on Thursday to address “confusion” about how it may be impacted by new AI products coming to Epic Systems’ widely used electronic health record software. At its annual customer meeting last week,…
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STAT+: Novo Nordisk links to telehealth providers for patients seeking Wegovy
STAT+: Novo Nordisk links to telehealth providers for patients seeking Wegovy Novo Nordisk has taken the next step in selling its drugs directly to patients by pointing them to telehealth providers that can write prescriptions for its popular obesity medication Wegovy. The company now links to select virtual providers on the NovoCare direct-to-patient pharmacy website…
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STAT+: Epic’s ‘large medical model’ aims to change how hospitals predict patient risk
STAT+: Epic’s ‘large medical model’ aims to change how hospitals predict patient risk You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Remember how I mentioned the “inexplicable kites” on Epic’s campus last week?…
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STAT+: He was 21 when he programmed MyChart. Now he’s the president of Epic
STAT+: He was 21 when he programmed MyChart. Now he’s the president of Epic VERONA, Wis. — Employees at electronic health records giant Epic are occasionally asked to complete an exercise in which they list three people who could replace them. It’s a way of identifying future leaders hidden in the ranks. Does CEO Judy…
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STAT+: Epic’s AI overhaul promises to address EHR headaches for clinicians and patients
STAT+: Epic’s AI overhaul promises to address EHR headaches for clinicians and patients VERONA, Wisc. — Epic CEO Judy Faulkner took to the stage at the company’s sci-fi-themed annual customer meeting Tuesday in a lavender wig, bright green glasses, and silver pants. In the spirit of “making science fiction science fact,” she announced several new…
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STAT+: OpenAI can’t have it both ways on GPT-5 and health
STAT+: OpenAI can’t have it both ways on GPT-5 and health You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. Last week, I noticed that something had punched a hole through the roof overhang…
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STAT+: As AI spreads through health care, is the technology degrading providers’ skills?
STAT+: As AI spreads through health care, is the technology degrading providers’ skills? The AI colonoscopy tool rolled out across four health centers. As endoscopists snaked a camera through patients’ large intestines, the algorithm would draw a square around precancerous polyps known as adenomas. The more adenomas detected and removed, the less likely the patient…
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STAT+: Health care and tech companies promise CMS they’ll make patient data more accessible
STAT+: Health care and tech companies promise CMS they’ll make patient data more accessible On Wednesday, over 60 health tech companies signed a pledge orchestrated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to make health data-sharing easier and to build apps for patients to access and act on their health data. CMS Administrator Mehmet…
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STAT+: UC San Diego Health’s Karandeep Singh on how Trump’s ‘woke AI’ executive order weaponizes DEI
STAT+: UC San Diego Health’s Karandeep Singh on how Trump’s ‘woke AI’ executive order weaponizes DEI In late July, President Trump signed three executive orders relating to artificial intelligence as part of the administration’s push to deregulate AI and promote its use. One of those executive orders, titled “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government,”…
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STAT+: AlphaFold developer Google DeepMind to fund CASP as NIH funding falls short
STAT+: AlphaFold developer Google DeepMind to fund CASP as NIH funding falls short CASP, the protein structure prediction contest that launched DeepMind’s AlphaFold to international fame and a Nobel Prize, has secured temporary funding to continue operations. The organization’s current funding — from the National Institutes of Health — is set to run out in…
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STAT+: Undruggable ‘disordered’ proteins become druggable with new AI techniques from David Baker
STAT+: Undruggable ‘disordered’ proteins become druggable with new AI techniques from David Baker For decades, structural biologists shoved what looked like shoddy data in the back of their closets, embarrassed. While attempting to gather the structures of proteins, they would sometimes find that all or at least a portion of the protein would just not…
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STAT+: Claims of Microsoft’s ‘super-intelligent’ AI diagnosis agent miss the mark, say experts
STAT+: Claims of Microsoft’s ‘super-intelligent’ AI diagnosis agent miss the mark, say experts Over the past few years, many researchers have tried to test large language models’ medical capabilities using questions from the U.S. medical licensure exam, or by feeding them clinical vignettes containing a set amount of information about a given case. Other researchers…
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STAT+: What’s on your 2025 health AI bingo card?
STAT+: What’s on your 2025 health AI bingo card? You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. I had a lot of fun putting together this week’s edition. There’s a lot to chew…
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STAT+: Device that uses biodegradable polymers to repair peripheral nerves gets FDA clearance
STAT+: Device that uses biodegradable polymers to repair peripheral nerves gets FDA clearance A sutureless device for peripheral nerve repair could be available on the market in the coming months. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a polymer-based device developed by medical technology company Tissium. The authorization, announced Tuesday, will give physicians a new…
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STAT+: Brain implant captures speech tone, pitch through analyzing activity
STAT+: Brain implant captures speech tone, pitch through analyzing activity Reliable communication for people with paralysis is nearing reality. Researchers have now demonstrated that a brain-computer interface can reliably translate thoughts into speech, including matching a person’s intended tone and pitch. It is the second study in as many months to validate the concept’s safety…
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STAT+: What David Baker’s AI biotech unicorn Xaira has been up to
STAT+: What David Baker’s AI biotech unicorn Xaira has been up to You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. We’re almost at the 20th issue of AI Prognosis; can you believe it?…