Health Tech

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

Health Tech

How do you make a mental health app people actually want to use? Take a page from podcasts and Pixar

By Megan Thielking

Beth Israel Deaconess

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How patient records from one Boston hospital fueled an explosion in AI research in medicine

By Rebecca Robbins

Smart speakers

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5 burning questions about deploying voice recognition technology in health care

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5 names to know in digital therapeutics: the people behind apps that work like medicines

By Kate Sheridan

Insulin injection

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Diabetes-coaching startup Livongo files to go public in a test for health tech

By Casey Ross and Rebecca Robbins

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Potential class action lawsuit accuses the University of Chicago of sharing identifiable patient data with Google

By Rebecca Robbins

Digital health

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5 burning questions about digital health and chronic disease management

By Brittany Flaherty

Capitol Building

Politics

Consumer genetic testing companies team up to lobby on privacy policy

By Andrew Joseph

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Watch: At this hospital, drones are the new medical couriers

By Dominic Smith

Health Tech

This period-tracking app company is trying to help scientists study the effects of weather, seasons, and exercise on fertility

By Kate Sheridan

Health Tech

Webinar: Progress and pitfalls in the AI-aided search for novel drugs

By Casey Ross and Kate Sheridan

Long shadow of Alexa

In the Lab

‘Alexa, are you listening?’ An experimental tool warns of cardiac arrest by monitoring breathing

By Diana Cai

Asbestos - tremolite

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What if AI in health care is the next asbestos?

Blood vials - purple and blue

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5 questions facing companies developing liquid biopsies for cancer screening

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Uber & Lyft

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5 names to know at Uber and Lyft: the key players behind ride-sharing’s move into health care

By Megan Thielking

Livongo Meter

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Diabetes-coaching startup’s expected IPO will offer a test of the health tech sector’s prospects

By Rebecca Robbins

Ketogenic diet

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After two years, diabetes patients see gains with startup’s digital coaching — and some drop-off

By Rebecca Robbins

The AI space race

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China is leapfrogging the U.S. in using AI in medicine. These five companies are leading the way

Dr. Sumbul Desai

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Updated Apple Watch will track your menstrual period and aim to protect your hearing

By Rebecca Robbins

Stanford University campus

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Tech giants partner with universities like Stanford. They’re also hiring away star medical researchers

By Rebecca Robbins

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5 names to know at Facebook: the people behind its push into health care

By Rebecca Robbins and Megan Thielking

Health Tech

‘A cavalier approach’: Experts urge the companies behind brain wearables to rein in their claims

By Megan Thielking

AI LUNGS

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Behind the scenes of Google’s effort to test AI for lung-cancer screening

Smartphone Health Literacy

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Singapore digital health startup raises $35 million, plans headquarters move to Boston

By Larry Edelman — Boston Globe

Lung Cancer Cell - blue and pink

Health Tech

Google’s AI improves accuracy of lung cancer diagnosis, study shows

Jack Stoddard

Business

Departure of top Haven executive creates void at a crucial stage

By Casey Ross and Kate Sheridan

Health

Experimental brain-controlled hearing aid can pick out voices in a crowd

By Sharon Begley

Vague health tech illo

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Welcome to the first edition of the STAT Health Tech newsletter

By Rebecca Robbins and Casey Ross

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5 names to know at Google: the key players driving its health push

By Rebecca Robbins