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In the latest edition of STAT Health Tech: A Theranos that works, Best Buy’s home health play, and a chat with B Capital’s Robert Mittendorf. → Read More
In Theranos's backyard, a health tech leader is taking another crack at home blood testing. He wants to make sure the process is bulletproof. → Read More
In the latest edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: an investigation into Mindstrong's demise, more layoffs hit Cerebral, and looming telehealth restrictions. → Read More
“There was a lot of pressure to commercialize this way too early,” said Mindstrong co-founder Paul Dagum. → Read More
In the latest edition of STAT Health Tech: the brokers selling mental health data, an early-stage investor on care navigation startups, and headwinds facing health tech companies. → Read More
The FTC is finally ready take on health data leaks. The problem is bigger than GoodRx. → Read More
The Federal Trade Commission has accused GoodRx, the prescription drug discount platform, of sharing sensitive health data with big tech companies. → Read More
"If we’re massively successful, Town Hall Ventures will invest a few billion dollars over our life into these communities. We need hundreds of billions of dollars invested," said @ASlavitt. → Read More
Amazon is launching a new prescription service that lets patients on Amazon Prime get eligible generic medications for a $5 monthly subscription, including free delivery. → Read More
For low-income patients, the challenges of pregnancy are only compounded by the challenges of prenatal care. Virtual care programs can help, but insurers are slow to pay for the services. → Read More
The mental health field is increasingly looking to chatbots to relieve escalating pressure on a limited pool of licensed therapists. → Read More
Carbon Health's ups and downs beg the question: Will the company's cutbacks springboard it to success in an increasingly saturated primary care tech market? → Read More
“Higher spending is not always a bad thing if it means people are getting care that they weren’t able to get it before,” said John Hargraves, director of data strategy at the Health Care Cost Institute. → Read More
A number of upcoming events may help industry experts understand which health tech companies have what it takes to weather economic headwinds. → Read More
"They think they can just put together some kind of cookie cutter approach and then look to the health equity officers to come in and check a box and then sign off on it." → Read More
“If you just think of one type of human when you design your technology, you’re ultimately starting on a trajectory that’s always going to have bias." → Read More
Elon Musk said Wednesday that his brain-machine interface company Neuralink aims to put its first implant in a human subject in the next six months. → Read More
In the latest edition of STAT Health Tech: Google's attempts to monetize health AI and the NIH's plan to crowdsource Covid-19 test data. → Read More
In the latest edition of STAT Health Tech: Telehealth for climate change, the latest on IBM Watson, and a hospital billing system debate. → Read More
In the latest edition of STAT Health Tech: Amazon launches a new health venture, Google tests search in health care, & Maven’s raises a $90 million round. → Read More