Christina Farr
Health and tech reporter at @CNBC. Londoner in SF. Amateur historian. Owned by two cats. Talk to me: [email protected]
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Bluetooth-Related Flaws Threaten Dozens of Medical Devices
Hundreds of smart devices—including pacemakers—are exposed thanks to a series of vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol.
Does the United States Ration Health Care? | Commonwealth Fund
While other countries may ration because of national budget constraints and supply-side factors, the United States’ lack of access to comprehensive insurance and affordable care represent a de facto form of rationing that leads people to delay...
Here’s why we need way more women in healthcare leadership
Women make up only 30% of C-suite executives and 13% of CEOs, according to a new report by global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman.
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Christina Farr
I was asked for recommendations for amazing women in digital health for a podcast. I immediately came up with a list of 20, which is exciting!
But we still have a long way to go. Only 9% of health tech businesses are founded by women.
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Exclusive: SmileDirectClub’s top dentist risks losing license in California crackdown
The top dentist and public face of SmileDirectClub is at risk of losing his Cali...
Amazon tells sellers it will take down listings for products that claim to kill coronavirus
Amazon started informing sellers this week that it's removing listings that include false claims about the coronavirus.
Astro Teller, ‘Captain of Moonshots’
The head of Alphabet’s research-and-development lab X talks about encouraging creativity at work, embracing failure and his company’s latest projects.
Astro Teller, ‘Captain of Moonshots’ at Alphabet’s X, Is on a Roll
The head of Alphabet’s secretive R&D lab recently saw two of his far-out projects become stand-alone businesses. But with Google’s ad sales beginning to slow, he may have to think even bigger
Google X Head on Moonshots: 10X Is Easier Than 10 Percent
Here is the surprising truth: It’s often easier to make something 10 times better than it is to make it 10 percent better. Yes … really. Here’s how.
How to Handle Failure (With an Infinite Budget)
And what Alphabet’s moonshot factory, X, is going after next.
Inside X, the Moonshot Factory Racing to Build the Next Google
Seven years after its secretive launch, X is starting to spawn mind-blowing companies—and show us what an ever expanding Google means for the world.
Inside X, Google's top-secret moonshot factory
X – formerly Google X – aims to pursue technological breakthroughs by taking crazy ideas seriously. When will its bets pay off?
Cyberattack on NRC Health sparks privacy concerns about private patient records stored by US hospitals
NRC Health confirmed in a statement to CNBC that it shut down its "entire environment," including client-facing reporting portals, to contain a cyberattack that raised concerns about private patient records.
Christina Farr
BREAKING: NRC Health, a company that claims to work with 75% of the largest U.S. hospitals (via its website) acknowledged that it was hit with a ransomware attack and shut down all of its IT systems.
It's investigating whether patient data was breached.
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Digital therapeutics vs. digital care: defining the landscape
"Digital health" is an increasingly ungainly umbrella term. One aspect is digital therapeutics. Is it time to break out digital care?
Christina Farr
Omada Health's CEO @seanduffy probably coined the term "digital therapeutic." But he says that Omada isn't a digital therapeutic anymore.
Here's why
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Time for compromise on balance billing
The kerfuffle over surprise bills has revealed the dysfunction at the heart of America’s fragmented reimbursement system.
NJ legislators call for probe of insurance unicorn
New Jersey legislators called for state officials to investigate insurance startup Clover Health, as well as other entities created by the owners of for-profit hospital group CarePoint Health.
Christina Farr
New Jersey legislators are calling for state officials to investigate venture-backed Clover Health, as well as entities created by the owners of CarePoint Health System.
But Clover says it's entirely separate from CarePoint.
Story
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Being Sick Made Them Famous—and a Target of Trolls
Chronic illness influencers say they hope to educate and inspire by sharing, but they’re dogged by claims that they’re faking.
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Whether we like it or not, health and social media/entertainment are converging. Yet another example: "the chronic illness influencer"
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Maven Lands $45M Series C With Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon As Investors
Women and family health startup Maven raised $45 million in its Series C round, bringing its total funding to more than $87 million.
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Christina Farr
Monies for Maven Clinic. Not many women's health companies have made it to a series C. It's major to see one cross the threshold.
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Our phones can now detect health problems from Parkinson’s to depression. Is that a good thing?
Digital phenotyping, which can detect patterns from text messages, movements, and even our speech, could transform health care. But is our personal information at stake?
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Christina Farr
This is interesting. I need to dig in more because I’ve always had big questions about the accuracy. Also will these iPhone based monitoring efforts be connected to the health care system? Eg. Who is responsible for that patient?
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Trump's next health care move: Giving Silicon Valley your medical data
Privacy hawks say health records policy lacks patient protections.