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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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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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AI has arrived in medical imaging. Now the FDA needs to monitor its impact on patients

By Casey Ross

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Researchers develop AI-based intervention for kids with autism

By Shafaq Zia

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This CEO running clinics for Apple and Facebook wants to ‘flip’ the primary care model

By Erin Brodwin

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Contract offers unprecedented look at Google deal to obtain patient data from the University of California

By Rebecca Robbins

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Google research suggests efforts to anonymize patient data aren’t foolproof

By Erin Brodwin

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Nuance begins selling AI system to automate physician note-taking during exams

By Casey Ross

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FDA names genes that may interact with specific drugs, offering clarity to genetic testing industry

By Rebecca Robbins

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Aided by machine learning, scientists find a novel antibiotic able to kill superbugs in mice

By Casey Ross

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European Union proposes independent audits for high-risk AI systems

By Casey Ross

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Webinar: From computer to clinic: The challenges of implementing artificial intelligence in practice

By Casey Ross

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Health apps collecting sensitive data need more transparent terms of service, law experts argue

By Shraddha Chakradhar

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For homebound people and their distant caregivers, smarter speakers to keep track of their health

By Hiawatha Bray — Boston Globe

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FDA approves AI-based software that helps doctors take ultrasound pictures of the heart

By Matthew Herper

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Big Tech aimed to disrupt health care. Big Retail may be better positioned to do so

By Erin Brodwin

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New ‘real world evidence’ company leverages medical societies to produce data for pharma

By Matthew Herper

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Chatbots are screening for the new coronavirus — and turning up cases of the flu

By Rebecca Robbins and Erin Brodwin

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This VC firm once pledged to never invest in health care. Now it’s launching its third life sciences fund

By Erin Brodwin

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‘It’s very easy to get starry-eyed about AI’: Experts offer warnings on digital disruption in health care

By Elizabeth Cooney

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Medical data startup Syapse cuts 10% of workforce as it prioritizes data analytics and insights

By Rebecca Robbins

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In coronavirus response, AI is becoming a useful tool in a global outbreak, data experts say

By Casey Ross

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Prosecutors identified ‘Pharma Co. X’ as central to alleged opioid kickback scheme. Was it Purdue?

By Andrew Joseph

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These 10 startups acquired by Alphabet reveal a health care play centered on surveillance

By Erin Brodwin

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Amid a competitor’s struggles, a startup with a fraction of its funding takes on ‘digital pills’

By Rebecca Robbins

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Verily’s top health leaders: We’re ‘trying to solve problems that many of us have lived’

By Erin Brodwin and Matthew Herper

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Will the FDA give the go-ahead to a prescription video game? The wait goes on, as new data come in

By Rebecca Robbins

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