Erin Brodwin⚡
Health tech reporter @statnews. Proud @businessinsider alum. Trekkie. Yoga teacher on hiatus. She/her. Newsletter: rb.gy/esjfsd. DM for Signal.
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Inside the internal fight over Pinterest’s health misinformation policy
Pinterest’s battle against health misinformation has been just as much a fight inside the company’s own doors.
STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with Amwell - STAT
STAT is joined by Peter Antall, chief medical officer at Amwell to discuss the future of the company, and telemedicine more broadly.
Digital health leaders weigh in on the biggest barriers facing the industry
STAT spoke with some of the biggest names in digital health about the barriers facing their growing industry.
Facebook rolls out a new vaccine misinformation policy
The policy bans ads that discourage people from getting vaccinated. But it doesn't address pages and groups, where misinformation thrives.
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Erin Brodwin⚡
NEW: I wrote about the new vaccine policy Facebook rolled out today. It finally bans anti-vaccine ads, but doesn't address the social network's most virulent sources of falsehoods: pages and groups.
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How software infuses racism into U.S. health care - STAT
The use of analytics software to target medical services to patients who need them most is infusing racial bias into health care decisions.
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Erin Brodwin⚡
Insanely proud to work with @caseymross, who wrote this fantastic look into how software infuses racism into health care. statnews.com/2020/10/13/how…
"The hard lines of segregation have faded in Ahoskie. But in health care, a new force is redrawing those barriers."
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Health coaching startup Virta expands into prediabetes and obesity
The virtual care platform currently uses digital coaching and health monitoring to treat patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Erin Brodwin⚡
Buzzy digital health company Virta—who boldly claims it can "reverse" diabetes with health coaching & a keto diet—expanded today into two new conditions.
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'Covid is all about privilege': Trump's care underscores health inequalities
Trump's experience is a world away from the stressful waiting game most patients wade through after a positive test.
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Erin Brodwin⚡
Today's must read on the latest political news cycle brought to you by @caseymross & @priyanka_runwal: "Where one person would need to be in the hospital, another person can have the hospital come to them. That’s privilege."
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Blood pressure checks ''falling through the cracks' of virtual primary care
A new analysis finds that clinicians providing primary care through a virtual visit rarely assess blood pressure or cholesterol.
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My latest for @statnews: Widely embraced as a medical lifeboat during the pandemic, telehealth is showing signs of taking on water.
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With an anthropologist’s eye, Duke pioneers a new approach to medical AI
Duke is pioneering a uniquely inclusive approach to developing and deploying clinical AI tools, starting with asking its staff for ideas.
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There's been a lot of talk about how clinical AI tools affect patients. But how do they impact health care workers? My latest for @statnews.
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What we learned from Hims & Hers filing to go public
STAT reviewed the paperwork Hims & Hers has filed to go public. Here's what it tells us about the emerging digital pharmacy sector.
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Erin Brodwin⚡
One takeaway from @wearehims’ paperwork: it’s increasingly edging into full-stack telehealth terrain.
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Washington Correspondent - STAT
STAT, a leading health and medicine publication, is looking for an energetic, versatile, and hard-charging reporter to join our Washington D.C. bureau. The ideal candidate will have experience as a beat reporter or equivalent experience covering...
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Erin Brodwin⚡
I feel it is a good time to remind folks that STAT is hiring a Washington correspondent! Come write about health and politics with the support of a fantastic team. statnews.com/work-at-stat/w… cc @WritersofColor
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Insurers move to stop waiving telehealth copays this week
Starting Oct. 1, some insurers will no longer fully pay for virtual care under certain circumstances previously covered during the pandemic.
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Starting Thursday, some private health insurers will no longer cover the cost of certain virtual medical visits. 🎃 It's a different kind of October surprise. 🎃statnews.com/2020/09/29/uni… with @RebeccaDRobbins
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In another health bet, Amazon expands virtual care program for employees
The expansion of Amazon Care comes as Haven, Amazon’s initiative with J.P. Morgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, has struggled to gain ground.
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NEW: Remember Amazon Care, the virtual health care pilot for Amazon employees in Seattle? Today, the company is expanding it to all staff in Washington state.
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What Facebook can learn from Pinterest's vaccine misinformation fight
Pinterest has taken a hardline strategy against health misinformation, and in particular, vaccine falsehoods.
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Erin Brodwin⚡
NEW: I wrote about how Pinterest is winning the misinformation war. In a sentence: “There’s nothing inspiring about harmful misinformation that might affect your health."
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A new type of patient-consumer is fueling remote monitoring's rapid growth
Health care is undergoing a monumental shift toward remote patient monitoring to diagnose or manage diseases.
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Been meaning to write some version of this story for awhile, and reader, I finally did: A new kind of patient-consumer is driving one of the biggest shifts in virtual care.
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Dan Trigub, head of Uber Health, is leaving to launch a health care startup
Dan Trigub, who has led Uber's growing health for the past two years, is leaving the ride-sharing giant to start his own health care company.
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SCOOP: Dan Trigub, head of Uber Health, is leaving to start his own health care company. Today is his last day.
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How OneFifteen, Verily's addiction medicine campus, is taking shape
In the time since OneFifteen’s high-profile launch, Verily has remained relatively quiet about its progress — and its role in the effort.
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Erin Brodwin⚡
NEW: I wrote about what's happened in the year since Alphabet subsidiary @verilylifesci launched its ambitious opioid addiction campus, called OneFifteen.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink unveils prototype of brain implants
At a live demonstration, Musk said the company had worked to “dramatically simplify” the device since presenting an earlier version last summer.
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Erin Brodwin⚡
Here's the latest. @elonmusk unveiled a sleeker version of a Neuralink device, showed a demonstration with a pig, and discussed early work with FDA
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Amazon debuts wearable Halo, marking its entry into health tracking
The Halo can track sleep, temperature, physical activity, and voice patterns. It will also give users the option to link data to electronic health records.
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Erin Brodwin⚡
NEW: Amazon is entering the health tracking field with a device that could fit snugly into its burgeoning healthcare landscape.
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Ahead of Neuralink event, ex-employees detail research timeline clashes
This Friday, Elon Musk's secretive brain-implants startup Neuralink will give the first major update on its progress in more than a year.