Mohana Ravindranath, STAT

Mohana Ravindranath

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A Theranos that works, Best Buy’s home health play, & a chat with B Capital’s Robert Mittendorf

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 takes another crack at better blood tests

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

An investigation into Mindstrong's unraveling, Cerebral layoffs, and DEA looks to restrict telehealth

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

How Mindstrong’s rush to roll out a ‘smoke alarm’ for mental illness led to its downfall

“There was a lot of pressure to commercialize this way too early,” said Mindstrong co-founder Paul Dagum. → Read More

An early-stage investor on care navigation, health tech headwinds, & mental health data brokers

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

The FTC is finally ready take on health data leaks. The problem is bigger than GoodRx. → Read More

GoodRx leaked sensitive health information to Facebook and Google, FTC alleges

The Federal Trade Commission has accused GoodRx, the prescription drug discount platform, of sharing sensitive health data with big tech companies. → Read More

Town Hall Ventures’ Andy Slavitt on how to invest in Medicaid and health tech

"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 Pharmacy expands with new $5 monthly prescription service

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

Technology could improve pregnancy care for low-income patients — if health systems can pay for it

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

Chatbots are creating thorny ethical questions about transparency in mental health care

The mental health field is increasingly looking to chatbots to relieve escalating pressure on a limited pool of licensed therapists. → Read More

Q&A with Carbon Health’s Myoung Cha: Why the company is changing course

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

Mental health data complicate the question of whether telehealth drives up costs

“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

The health tech tracker for 2023’s first quarter: 12 industry events to watch

A number of upcoming events may help industry experts understand which health tech companies have what it takes to weather economic headwinds. → Read More

Chief health equity officers are growing more common. But experts say companies need to empower them

"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

5 ways health tech companies can make their products more equitable

“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 says Neuralink’s brain-machine interface could enter human studies next year

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

Google Cloud’s health strategy, NIH’s Covid data dilemma, & rumored telehealth mergers

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

Telehealth for climate change, the latest on IBM Watson, & hospital billing transparency

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

Amazon launches new prescribing venture, Google tests search in health care, & Maven’s $90M round

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