Hospitals launch chatbots, creating another funnel for patient intake
Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the…
Study finds missed opportunities for targeted cancer treatments
Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT…
U.S. health care system must become fully autonomous
About 20 years ago, I stepped on stage at one of our Geisinger town halls and looked out…
What does UnitedHealth Group’s massive AI push mean for patients?
From a scan of its job openings, it would be easy to mistake UnitedHealth Group for Silicon Valley’s…
Large AI scribe study finds modest time savings, inconsistent use
Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics.…
Health care giants are trimming jobs, not driving employment growth
Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences…
Pharma penalties for doctors’ kickbacks just a cost of doing business
Pharmaceutical companies that were penalized for kickbacks paid only 2.2% of their U.S. revenue generated by selling drugs…
Qualified Health raises $125 million to help hospitals manage AI
It was 2023. ChatGPT had been released less than five months earlier. Justin Norden was sitting around a…
How Scott and Alla LaRoque got rich from disputed medical bills
When they met, it was at a party in Las Vegas, music bumping. Alla Kosova, newly divorced, told…
GOP Sen. Johnson investigating FDA rare disease drug rejections
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he is investigating the Food and Drug Administration’s rejections of rare disease…
How Hims has transformed medicine in a few short years
As the Super Bowl approached halftime, Hims & Hers publicly staked its claim to preventive medicine in front…
Health tech company says it will join Medicare’s new chronic care experiment
Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics.…