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In the Lab By Shraddha Chakradhar

A smartphone app could help diagnose ear infections more accurately — and at home

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First Opinion By David Mou and Thomas R. Insel

Startups should focus on innovations that truly improve mental health

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First Opinion By Payal Marathe and Ravi N. Shah

The mental health dilemma: If technology is the problem, can it also be the solution?

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First Opinion By Jen Goldsack, Rachel A. Chasse and William A. Wood

Digital endpoints library can aid clinical trials for new medicines

Taiwan Covid response

First Opinion By Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Cathy Zhang and Aaron Glickman

Learning from Taiwan about responding to Covid-19 — and using electronic health records

VR for surgery

First Opinion By Justin Barad

Virtual and augmented reality can save lives by improving surgeons’ training

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First Opinion By Hill Ferguson

Telehealth’s critics have it right: The industry must evolve

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First Opinion By Corey McCann

Realizing the promise of prescription 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?

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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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First Opinion By Hilary Gentile and Sarah Cockle-Hearne

Health depends on the strength of the doctor/technology relationship

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Opinions+ By Shira Machluf

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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First Opinion By Christina Farr

It’s time to be more open-minded to newcomers moving into health, even from tech

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First Opinion By Gary Shapiro

Using technology to help heal health care disparities

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First Opinion By Gary Velasquez

States and hospitals: overhaul your vaccine plans with data before it’s too late

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First Opinion By Vas Narasimhan

Stopping the syndemic: Covid-19 plus other debilitating and deadly diseases

Electronic medical record interoperability

First Opinion By Bruce Broussard

Interoperability: an untapped tool in America’s fight against Covid-19

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First Opinion By Andrea Bastek

The pandemic is accelerating transformation agendas in the clinical research industry

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First Opinion By Ivor Horn

New survey establishes a data-driven baseline for diversity in digital health

Health Tech By Casey Ross

Covid-19 is pushing pharma to the cloud — and convincing the industry of its value

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First Opinion By Mark LaRow

Cell phone numbers could provide a fast-track solution to matching patients with their health records