Health Tech

The latest on how tech giants and startups are trying to disrupt the delivery of health care and the development of drugs.

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HHS to probe whether Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ followed federal privacy law

By Rebecca Robbins and Casey Ross

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Valued for their tech, Silicon Valley digital health companies rely heavily on armies of faraway coaches

By Rebecca Robbins

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India’s health care challenges and tech workforce make it fertile ground for AI startups

By Amitha Kalaichandran

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Google partners with major U.S. health system, gaining access to vast patient data in the process

By Casey Ross

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This booth can virtually connect patients with clinicians and dispense medications. Will patients use it?

By Megan Thielking

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5 burning questions about Google’s Fitbit acquisition — and its implications for health and privacy

By Rebecca Robbins and Matthew Herper

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Google to acquire Fitbit for $2.1 billion in major health tech deal

By Megan Thielking and Rebecca Robbins

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Democrats ‘continue to have concerns’ about FDA program to streamline regulation of medical software

By Rebecca Robbins

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Facebook vows strict privacy safeguards as it rolls out preventive-health tool

By Rebecca Robbins

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AI is used to mine health data to find undiagnosed patients, offering a model for other diseases

By Rebecca Robbins

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Flu’s spread is wildly unpredictable. Can AI deliver more reliable forecasting?

By Megan Thielking and Rebecca Robbins

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Novartis partners with Microsoft to use AI in drug development

By Rebecca Robbins

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FDA clarifies how it will regulate digital health and artificial intelligence

By Casey Ross

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A new global initiative aims to use AI to improve public health in the developing world

By Rebecca Robbins

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In hunt for new drugs, Amazon and other tech giants are using AI to find protein structures

By Casey Ross

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Mental health apps are scooping up your most sensitive data. Will you benefit?

By Dana G. Smith

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Former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush joins health care startup

By Jon Chesto — Boston Globe

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Health tech companies introduce guidelines to protect consumers’ data privacy

By Rebecca Robbins

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Apple launching studies testing whether Apple Watch can monitor hearing, mobility, and women’s health

By Rebecca Robbins

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Google, Mayo Clinic strike sweeping partnership on patient data

By Casey Ross

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It worked in biotech. But can this trade group turn Boston into a hub for digital health?

By Megan Thielking

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AI system can create novel drug candidates in just 46 days, study finds

By Casey Ross

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AI startups are racing into drug development. Here’s 5 burning questions about which will survive

By Rebecca Robbins

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Warning of an AI winter, a skeptic argues deep learning in medicine needs a reboot

By Casey Ross

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With brain trauma, surgeons don’t always know if an operation will help. Could AI change that?

By Jacquelyn Corley

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One health care startup at a time, this venture capitalist wants to harness the investing power of women

By Megan Thielking

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With Alzheimer’s research at a crossroads, AI might point the way forward

By Casey Ross

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Q&A: The FDA’s digital health chief on how to regulate futuristic AI products

By Andrew Joseph

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Health tech companies are swallowing up consumers’ DNA. Can Congress safeguard what they do with it?

By Andrew Joseph