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STAT+: Digital twins, the holy grail of preventative health, are still only a ‘Frankensteinian proof of principle’
AI advances and new data on genomics, patient outcomes, and drug performance have pushed the idea of “digital...
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STAT+: An AI startup floats FDA deregulation, using an obscure backdoor
In this edition of STAT's Health Tech: An AI startup pushes for some AI-powered medical devices to be exempt f...
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STAT+: In earnings call, Hims CEO addresses scrutiny of GLP-1 compounding
In earnings call, Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum addressed the increased scrutiny on compounded GLP-1s and its i...
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STAT+: Medicare’s AI ‘modernization’ project, and the Ohio hospital antitrust battle
Would you trust AI to help you pick your Medicare plan?
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STAT+: A provocative proposal asks the FDA to let some AI devices on the market without review
A provocative new proposal has offered the FDA a way to let a broad swath of potentially risky AI devices floo...
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Opinion: STAT+: Sometimes, it would be unethical not to use AI in medicine
“We do not let pilots fly without instrument support simply because they technically could. Why should medicin...
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STAT+: AI-guided cancer treatments, telehealth usage, and other health tech news
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: A new wave of AI-guided cancer treatments, a Hims acquisition, and other...
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STAT+: FDA taps AI executive to lead digital health center
FDA has tapped a former executive from a health AI company to lead its digital health center.
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STAT+: Why doctors and patients are having two totally different AI chatbot experiences
In this edition of STAT's AI Prognosis: Brittany Trang breaks down how AI models' performance differs by user,...
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STAT+: Does Medicare’s ACCESS model pay enough?
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Payment rates for Medicare's ACCESS model, health insurers' use of AI, an...
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STAT+: In a financial pinch, major health insurers are turning to AI for help
Facing shrinking profits and higher costs, health insurers are accelerating adoption of AI throughout their sp...
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We tested the government’s official new AI nutrition tool: Grok
Realfood.gov now features a chatbot tool that’s Elon Musk-affiliated — and rather skeptical of some MAHA initi...
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STAT+: Researchers take another look at Apple’s hypertension feature
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Fundraises by Talkiatry, Big Health, and the accuracy of Apple Watch hype...
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STAT+: Talkiatry raises $210 million, eyeing opportunity to use AI for engaging with patients
Talkiatry, a virtual psychiatry company, announced Thursday it raised $210 million as it looks to build on its...
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STAT+: Big Health raises funding as investors see glimmer of hope for digital therapeutics
Big Health raises $24 million as investors bet that digital therapeutics' time has finally arrived.
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STAT+: Abridge CTO on Epic and what’s after AI scribing
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Q&A with Abridge CTO, telehealth pushing multi-cancer detection tests, an...
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STAT+: Abridge CTO talks Epic, Microsoft, and rebranding as ‘more than an AI scribe’
Abridge CTO Zack Lipton talks about how he sees the market for AI scribes evolving.
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STAT+: The FDA questions underlying Utah’s AI prescription pilot
Brittany Trang talks to STAT's Mario Aguilar about Doctronic's Utah AI pilot and issues facing AI doctors, in...