Very excited for this conversation next week!

Larry Ellison dreams of revolutionizing modern medicine, but American veterans are dying on Oracle’s watch as problems with a computer system pile up at the VA. From Blake Dodge and me: businessinsider.com/oracle-cerner-…

I have admired Marshall's work for so long. You could always tell his focus was squarely on what mattered most to patients. propublica.org/article/marsha…

Diet culture & unreasonable body standards have Black Americans struggling to uncover what health means. That's why Word In Black's health data reporter Anissa Durham and STAT teamed up to look at how Ozempic has altered weight loss culture for Black folks. Read the series:

Anissa Durham STAT wordinblack.com/2024/05/ozempi…

In filings, insurers say they're using #AI to "contain rising healthcare costs." Insurance lobbyists told Rep. Ami Bera health plans can test their own AI; Congress shouldn't require AI regulations. None of the insurers I asked wanted to talk about AI: statnews.com/2024/05/29/hea…

Immensely grateful to those who shared their stories with Anissa Durham and I. And a roaring handclap to the photogs who, in collaboration with interviewees, made such striking portraits. statnews.com/2024/05/29/oze…

Some personal news. I'm now a special advisor supporting programming at @Statnews Summit (October 16 & 17 in Boston)! And the story behind it...The idea for this year's theme was inspired by one of my tweets, which Matthew Herper saw and to his credit was like "heck yes, sign

Accelerators & VC firms w/growing health investments, like Y Combinator & a16z, are flying the "little tech" flag as Congress/White House mull AI rules. A look at their fight for a seat at the table in Washington: statnews.com/2024/06/05/art…

Google and Microsoft joined with the White House this week to unveil an effort to guard rural hospitals against cyber attacks. It made for a nice press release, but experts said fixing the problem will require much deeper commitments. statnews.com/2024/06/12/hea… via STAT

Telehealth startup Done’s top leadership arrested under fraud charges statnews.com/2024/06/13/don… via Katie Palmer Mohana Ravindranath

Terrific profile of Ateev Mehrotra, the physician and professor the telehealth lobby loves to hate. via Mohana Ravindranath statnews.com/2024/06/24/ate… via STAT

drag queen chat bot? drag queen chat bot. from Mohana Ravindranath -- statnews.com/2024/07/02/dra…

NEW: Hundreds of people who got therapy online through Brightside Health may have spoken to an impostor who was masquerading as a therapist, according to state records. Brett Kelman reports on what you need to know: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f…

I was intrigued when I learned there were private-equity-backed for-profit companies selling "medically tailored meals," what I found well...it surprised me...statnews.com/2024/07/11/med…

At STAT we're incredibly proud of Usha Lee McFarling, who has been honored with this prestigious ($25,000) bioethics award for her accomplishments in shaping public discussion of inequities in health and medicine.

Overnight, what appears to be a Crowdstrike outage on Windows machines took out EHRs and computers across the country at hospitals, cancelling surgeries and postponing care What's happening at your clinic or hospital? ✉️: [email protected] statnews.com/2024/07/19/mic…

This is such vital reporting by Katie Palmer and Usha Lee McFarling. The use of race as a proxy in medical decisions is an open invitation to bias. There are no easy answers, but this STAT series is a *great* place to start looking: statnews.com/2024/09/03/emb… via STAT

🔮What will healthcare look like in 2040? Join Mohana Ravindranath, Meg Barron, Bill Evans, Michael Penn, Sara Vaezy, and Monique Woodard at #RHSummit24 as they explore the innovations that will define the next era of healthcare. rockhealthsummit.com

STAT is having a great event in DC next week! We'll have a live interview with Senator Maggie Hassan about what might still get done this year and what could be on the docket after the election. That includes payment reform for hospitals, regulating pharmacy benefit managers,