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Health Tech

Covid-19 spreads too fast for traditional contact tracing. New digital tools could help

By Sharon Begley

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Tech companies are stepping up in the coronavirus pandemic response. Here’s how they’re dedicating resources

By Erin Brodwin

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‘Human experts will make the call’: Stanford launches an accelerated test of AI to help care for Covid-19 patients

By Rebecca Robbins

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STAT’s guide to how hospitals are using AI to fight Covid-19

By Casey Ross, Rebecca Robbins, and Erin Brodwin

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Debate flares over using AI to detect Covid-19 in lung scans

By Casey Ross and Rebecca Robbins

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‘We’re racing against the clock’: Researchers test wearables as an early warning system for Covid-19

By Erin Brodwin

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Digital therapy for chronic insomnia gains FDA signoff

By Casey Ross

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Special Report

When can we let up? Health experts craft strategies to safely relax coronavirus lockdowns

By Sharon Begley

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Tech companies are crucial players in the coronavirus response. Are they contributing what’s most needed?

By Rebecca Robbins

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Hospitals turn to remote monitoring tools to free up beds for the sickest coronavirus patients

By Casey Ross

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Startups touting at-home coronavirus tests suspend plans after FDA warning

By Erin Brodwin

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Can location data from smartphones help slow the coronavirus? Facebook is giving academics a chance to try

By Rebecca Robbins

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Health Tech

I asked eight chatbots whether I had Covid-19. The answers ranged from ‘low’ risk to ‘start home isolation’

By Casey Ross

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As public hungers for coronavirus tests, FDA warns new at-home kits are ‘unauthorized’

By Erin Brodwin

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At-home tests for coronavirus are here. Should you take them?

By Erin Brodwin

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The coronavirus is imperiling drug studies. A virtual study of the Apple Watch could be positioned to thrive

By Rebecca Robbins

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First Opinion

Telehealth overpromises during the Covid-19 pandemic

By Kirsten Ostherr

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Health Tech

The White House is pinning its hopes on health tech to save the day. Can it deliver?

By Rebecca Robbins

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Surge in patients overwhelms telehealth services amid coronavirus pandemic

By Erin Brodwin and Casey Ross

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To spur new AI tools to fight coronavirus, tech leaders launch open database of scientific articles

By Rebecca Robbins

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Trump official behind health data rules has a message for privacy critics: Try helping patients, instead of your bottom line

By Casey Ross

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Rollout of Verily coronavirus triage tool Monday will be more limited than Trump seemed to suggest

By Rebecca Robbins

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A STAT Investigation

Hospitals turn to big tech companies to store and analyze their data — leaving patients in the dark on privacy protections

By Casey Ross and Erin Brodwin

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Health Tech

‘Unleash that data’: Medicare chief promotes freer exchange of medical records, highlights efforts to protect privacy

By Casey Ross

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New Trump rules aim to fuel sharing of patient health records by smartphone

By Casey Ross

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Coronavirus epidemic forces cancellation of HIMSS health tech conference

By Casey Ross

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What to expect at health tech’s big HIMSS conference — if it happens

By Casey Ross

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Contract spells out how the University of Chicago shared patient data with Google

By Rebecca Robbins

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Telehealth can help fight the novel coronavirus, but U.S. challenges could limit its potential

By Erin Brodwin

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