Mario Aguilar
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Apple Watch hit with import ban, but ruling remains suspended as AliveCor patent battle plays out
The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a ban preventing Apple from importing all watches that use heart monitoring technology at the heart of a battle with AliveCor. But the ban will be suspended until appeals over the patents in question have played out. → Read More
Medicare’s home hospital program may soon get a lifeline from Congress. Can it prove its worth?
Medicare’s hospital at home program may soon get a lifeline from Congress. Can it prove its worth? → Read More
Virtual reality startups BehaVR and OxfordVR merge to seize opportunity for new treatments
Virtual reality startups BehaVR and OxfordVR have merged and raised new funding as they look to develop treatments for anxiety and chronic pain. → Read More
Apple scores victory in dispute over heart monitoring technologies in Apple Watch
In a significant victory, Apple has successfully challenged patents at the center of a high-profile dispute with medical device company AliveCor. → Read More
Google Cloud pitches ease and speed to lure health systems wary of tech changes
Google Cloud has honed its message for hospital systems wary of moving their data to its services: We are going to make this very easy for you. → 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
Andreessen Horowitz partners with rural health system to give its companies a go-to pilot site
Silicon Valley venture capital giant a16z has struck a surprising new partnership with a rural health system in upstate New York. Here's what's in it for both of them. → Read More
Talkspace names a new CEO as its stock price continues to struggle
Following a year of executive shakeups and business rejiggering, Talkspace’s third quarter earnings came with some good news. → Read More
Large insurer’s decision to cover some prescription digital therapies may be a milestone for app makers
A large insurer’s decision to cover FDA-cleared prescription digital therapeutics for psychiatric and other conditions could prove to be a landmark moment. → Read More
Alzheimer’s clinical trials have a recruitment problem. Telehealth platform Ro thinks it can help
Alzheimer’s clinical trials have a recruitment problem. Telehealth platform Ro just struck an agreement with the National Institute on Aging to try to help. → Read More
The Q4 health tech tracker: 17 key industry events and milestones to watch
Here's STAT's health tech tracker for the fourth quarter, featuring 17 key industry events and milestones to watch. → Read More
FDA moves on AI tools, bionic pancreas research, & equity in digital therapeutics
In the latest edition of STAT Health Tech: FDA moves on AI tools, bionic pancreas research, & equity in digital therapeutics. → Read More
Health app companies wrestle with how to design studies to prove treatments work
Should health app makers use sham controls to test their products more rigorously? Some industry leaders say it isn't strictly necessary. → Read More
Top FDA official acknowledges agency's slow process for reviewing health app updates
A top digital health official at the FDA said the agency's approach to reviewing updates for digital health products is too slow for companies and consumers. → Read More
Savvier buyers threaten mental health tech's momentum
Early in the pandemic, employers panic-shopped for virtual mental health services. Now, there are signs of that sales momentum slowing down. → Read More
Calm's head of science departs amid a shakeup at meditation app maker
Exclusive: Calm's head of science, who helped build an impressive evidence base for the wellness app, has left the company. The future of its research team is unclear. → Read More
How much are patients actually using mental health apps? Research on engagement is elusive
As companies selling mental health apps struggle to prove their worth to a skeptical health care system, we’re about to start hearing a lot more about “engagement.” → Read More
Supreme Court’s decision on abortion sparks health tech’s Cambridge Analytica moment
Today, in the wake of a Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, health data privacy is getting its own Cambridge Analytica moment. → Read More
Rune Labs’ Apple Watch tracking for Parkinson’s earns FDA green light
The FDA has cleared an Apple Watch-based system to track tremors and other symptoms of Parkinson's disease. → Read More
Teladoc takes a hit with $6.6 billion impairment charge on Livongo
In the latest edition of STAT Health Tech: Teladoc's Livongo losses, tech to predict no-shows, and the FDA on AI. → Read More