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Digital Hippocratic Oath

First Opinion By Ries Robinson and Aneesh Chopra

Creating a digital Hippocratic oath for the 21st century

digital mental health

First Opinion By Thomas R. Insel

What’s next for digital mental health companies?

First Opinion By Rob Rohatsch

The hospital of the future won’t be what you expect

mental health data

First Opinion By Tarun Galagali and Leonard Schlesinger

The blind spots of blitzscaling in mental health tech

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First Opinion By Erica Johnson

Gatekeepers need to tame ‘Wild West’ of mental health and other digital health therapeutics

Own Your Health Data

First Opinion By Juhan Sonin, Annie Lakey Becker and Kim Nipp

It’s time for individuals — not doctors or companies — to own their health data

Broadband tower

First Opinion By Gary Shapiro

Broadband access: Health care’s newest challenge

AI health technology

First Opinion By Hilary Gentile and Sarah Cockle-Hearne

Health depends on the strength of the doctor/technology relationship

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AI artificial intelligence

First Opinion By John D. Halamka, Suchi Saria and Nigam H. Shah

Health-related artificial intelligence needs rigorous evaluation and guardrails

Health Tech By Casey Ross

Microsoft closes $16B acquisition of Nuance, launching a bold experiment in health AI

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First Opinion By John J. Doyle, Anam M. Khan and Jowanna R. Malone

Equitable access to digital health innovations requires a systems thinking approach

Opinions+ By Abhinav Shashank and Smriti Khera

Biopharma companies need digital portfolios to succeed in a disease management future

consumer data analysis for Medicare advantage plans

First Opinion By Michael L. Millenson

It’s time to open up health care’s secret analytics

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First Opinion By Krisda Chaiyachati, M. Kit Delgado and Anna U. Morgan

Texting saved lives during Covid. What does that mean for health care’s future?

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Health Tech By Matthew Herper

The new vision for the now-merged Doctor on Demand and Grand Rounds begins to take shape

data thief

Health Tech By Katie Palmer

‘My jaw dropped’: Basic security flaws in third-party apps leave millions of patient records at risk

Health By Erin Brodwin

STAT+ Conversation: Can tech improve health care’s value proposition?

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Opinions+ By Tom Denwood and Scott Kollins

Rewriting the playbook for digital therapeutics

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Opinions+ By Dawn Anderson

Digital clinical trials can personalize patient engagement, accelerate therapy development

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Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

Feinberg to leave Google Health for Cerner

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Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

If Apple takes aim at fall-prevention, will the rest of the health system hear it?

Flying money screensaver

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar, Erin Brodwin, Katie Palmer and Casey Ross

The most intriguing health tech deals of the year (so far)

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Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

How one startup is turning unwieldy health records into a patient-friendly platform

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Opinions+ By Shira Machluf

How the FDA’s ‘master plan’ will affect NIH funding for digital medicine projects

telephone-only telehealth

First Opinion By Sachin D. Shah, Lolita Alkureishi and Wei Wei Lee

Low-tech but high-value: Don’t stop reimbursing phone-only telehealth visits

value assessment

First Opinion By Jennifer Bright and Richard H. Chapman

It’s time to get health care value assessment right

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First Opinion By Marynia Kolak

Adding social determinants gives public health maps a sense of place and time

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Health Tech By Katie Palmer

Facing data gaps on trans populations, researchers turn to health records for answers

Amy Abernethy

Exclusive By Matthew Herper

Amy Abernethy, deputy commissioner who aimed to amp up FDA’s tech knowhow, to leave post

Rx Prescription Pad

First Opinion By Christi A. Grimm and Julie K. Taitsman

Why drug prescriptions should include diagnoses

Texas hospital -- makeshift door

First Opinion By Melinda B. Buntin and Kristine Martin Anderson

The pandemic slingshot: propelling from national crisis to a resilient health care system

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Health Tech By Alicia Diaz

Federal watchdog raises concerns about increasing telehealth fraud during pandemic

Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

Atul Gawande says Haven experience is helping shape his Covid-19 response work