Affirmations like these remind me that I'm in the right field.
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Another big win 4 @ravindranize! Linked in an article that describes itself as "boring," "dull" and "deeply unsexy." fivethirtyeight.com/features/look-
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Bay Area health tech reporter . Proud alum , , , . mohana.ravindranath@statnews.com. She/her.
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Three...years! Thanks for pointing out the omission
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It's been 3 since the GoodRx revelations and since FTC revisited its authority to enforce health data leaks. Now, FTC seems ready to take on health data privacy — and it'll likely go far beyond GoodRx: statnews.com/2023/02/03/ftc
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It's been 3 since the GoodRx revelations and since FTC revisited its authority to enforce health data leaks. Now, FTC seems ready to take on health data privacy — and it'll likely go far beyond GoodRx:
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Among takeaways from my chat w/' on investing in Medicaid + tech: The fund's recently evolved how it looks at portfolio company metrics. "There’s a set of consistent metrics, but you’ve got to respect them to tell their own story."
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A follow on the FTC GoodRx news from earlier today:
Commissioner Christine Wilson says the $1.5M fine should be higher and asks if those who called the FTC "toothless, lax, and feckless" will apologize now that they're supporting such lax penalties.
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New: FTC took action against a pretty widely-used practice: Sharing sensitive health info w/ advertisers & Big Tech like Facebook + Google. statnews.com/2023/02/01/goo
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GoodRx leaked sensitive health information to Facebook and Google, FTC alleges statnews.com/2023/02/01/goo via @ravindranize @statnews
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Join 2022 National Fellow with , along with , for a panel discussion on the effects of period poverty in Chicago tomorrow at 6:30PM CT.
Speakers include Ida Melbye of & Abigail Suleman of Blood Buds at UIC.
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The latest in my series on health tech + equity + access for : How video calls, apps, digital blood pressure cuffs could help low-income pregnant people — and why they still can't get them
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Today was my first day at as their first medical devices reporter! Excited to tackle this beat from all angles: regulation, innovation, manufacturer competition - but esp how these processes help or harm patients
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Chatbots could help scale simple mental health interventions. They also come with real risks. explores the thorny ethical questions their early use raises
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How do we responsibly blend AI + chatbots w/ human support in mental health care? Researchers are in the VERY early stages of exploring the balance, and I wrote about them here:
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Machine learning needs examples to learn, & that includes examples of content to avoid.
Where did OpenAI get those examples for ChatGPT?
By outsourcing to underpaid (<$2/hr!) workers in Kenya who were scarred by the graphic content.
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Re-sharing: I'm seeking patients who've used pregnancy-related tech, especially if underserved/ uninsured/underinsured. Tech cos & clinics assure me they're reaching them, but it's been VERY hard to find patients to speak about whether they actually like or can access the tech...
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Request for patients: I'm reporting on maternal health tech (RPM, telehealth) and am looking for medically underserved patients who've used apps like Babyscripts. If this is you, or if you know someone who has, please drop me a line! DMs open or mohana.ravindranath@statnews.com.
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Request for patients: I'm reporting on maternal health tech (RPM, telehealth) and am looking for medically underserved patients who've used apps like Babyscripts. If this is you, or if you know someone who has, please drop me a line! DMs open or mohana.ravindranath@statnews.com.
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For those of us trying to get a handle on telehealth's impact on costs and utilization — more data suggesting there's no easy answer:
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smart context from @ravindranize on the latest telehealth costs & use data, which showed people got more mental health care than they would've with just in person care statnews.com/2023/01/09/tel
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Impact journalism: In Dec., 's published a eyeopening investigative series revealing that +1000 prisoners have died across the country because state prisons are rationing hepatitis C drugs. Lawmakers are starting to seek answers.
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Happy new year! I'll be covering the exciting world of #healthtech for for Q1 of 2023—including some time at the STAT Health Tech newsletter.
If you have any tips on news/stories/trends/sources, send them my way at brittany.trang@statnews.com
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Dozens of telehealth startups sent sensitive health information to big tech companies
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Speakers at the Future of Health Summit provided suggestions for #healthtech companies to address inequities.
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More States to Consider Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Beyond Two Months | by Matt Volz for
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Among concrete tips for building equity into health tech at #MIHealthSummit: reminded companies leaning on community leaders for trust-building to compensate them fairly, instead of just expecting them to market their products
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For , I wrote about an abortion rights activist who was harassed to such a degree that she felt forced to leave her home. Her story is a jarring example of the care we as journalists must use in a post-Dobbs era:
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The gall of the health care industry to say it can’t provide advanced estimates of costs to patients because it doesn’t have the technology, and that taxpayers should cover their costs to do so. statnews.com/2022/11/21/pat
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Thanks to for writing about today’s conversation with the head of Cerebral, a mental health company that’s been very much in the news recently.
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An important conversation about virtual mental health care at the #STATSummit between Cerebral CEO David Mou and @ravindranize — including responses to concerns about telehealth prescribing practices and safety: statnews.com/2022/11/16/cer
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Amazon just launched a new direct-to-consumer telehealth platform: Amazon Clinic.
One challenge it faces: "People don’t trust big tech companies with their health data. What is Amazon doing to protect PHI that should make people feel different?"
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super newsy edition of today's health tech newsletter: on Maven, Google, Amazon, and more, and reporting from #HLTH2022
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A theme that comes up a lot in convos w/ investors, analysts, tech companies: benchmarking progress for reaching undeserved groups is surprisingly complex. I wrote about it here, now updated with thoughts from Cityblock's :
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When it comes to addiction, words matter. But even as 200K+ Americans die from drugs/alcohol every year, judgmental terms like "addict" or "junkie" remain part of everyday conversation
The movement to change our vocabulary is gaining steam. Read more:
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Another Q for patients! Have you seen/paid/been charged an expediting fee to get your medical records quicker? (Not sure what regs are re: those fees, but have heard about them anecdotally...)
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NEW: study finds black maternal mortality (and disparities between black and white patients) got worse during the pandemic oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat
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Um, this is embarrassing. I forgot one of the sessions.
If you follow health tech, you know Cerebral has been in the news. will interview CEO live on stage.
Again, don't you want to be in the room where that happens?
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Hey everyone! You can now see the AGENDA for #STATSummit in Boston, our biggest event of the year!!!
This is when we bring STAT to the stage, and just about every STAT reporter will be there!
Info + tickets here:
statnews.com/2022/summit/st
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I'm not sure whether this number has changed, but back in April, ' found that just 11 states planned to send text messages to Medicaid members regarding the end of the PHE.
Texting = health equity.
It's time to buy in.
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HHS's environmental justice office is virtually a one-woman show with a massive, amorphous mandate.
“Slow and easy wins the race,” says Sharunda Buchanan. But, she admits, “I would like for the pace to go a little bit faster.”
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Patients! We want to hear from you. Have you requested your own health data recently? What was it like? Let us know in the form in the story below:
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We @statnews will be tracking compliance with the new data access rules. Patients, share your experiences via the form below this story.
And data holders, friendly reminder that wild incompetence isn't an exemption under the law 
statnews.com/2022/10/06/hea via @statnews
statnews.com/2022/10/06/hea via @statnews
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New: A 1991 law is keeping health plans from texting members.
That's a problem anytime, but it's especially menacing as we near the PHE unwinding. Millions could lose coverage.
I spoke with ' about overcoming this challenge.
Read: statnews.com/2022/10/07/hea
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Pregnant people with cancer are being told they have to leave their state for an abortion if they want to continue chemotherapy.
That means delaying cancer treatment by weeks.
It’s more proof of how “life exceptions” to bans don’t work in practice.
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The federal government wants to create a national directory of doctors. This is a pretty big deal because, currently, doctor directories maintained by health insurance companies are a "complete disaster."
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