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USDA faulted for disclosing scant information about outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu in cattle

STAT

APRIL 18, 2024

government to release more information to help them assess the risk the outbreaks pose to cattle operations and people. But they are operating largely in the dark because the United States has released such sparse information, said Marion Koopmans, head of the department of viroscience at Erasmus Medical Center in the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

Opinion: Done right, AI can give patients crucial information on the quality of their care

STAT

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Yet even as AI is providing doctors with increasingly sophisticated data, the information available to patients has stagnated. Whether you have cancer, need a knee replacement, or face serious heart surgery, reliable comparative information is difficult to find and use. And what is available is often years old. Read the rest…

Hospitals

STAT+: HHS finalizes penalties for providers resorting to ‘information blocking’

STAT

JUNE 24, 2024

The federal government has cemented a key part of its strategy for making patients’ medical records transfer easier: setting disincentives for providers engaging in what’s known as “information blocking.”

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Opinion: Patients might finally receive practical information with prescriptions — if the FDA doesn’t blow it

STAT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

After years of deliberation, the FDA has proposed giving patients a simple one-pager for every prescription drug with the information needed for safe and effective use. The Food and Drug Administration knows many of the answers. It wants patients to know them, too.

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Opinion: STAT+: Some countries are moving to digital prescription drug information for patients. The U.S. shouldn’t follow suit

STAT

JANUARY 22, 2024

Having all of these details in accessible, printed documents keeps patients informed and mitigates the risk of medication errors. However, there’s a growing movement across the world to eliminate printed medication information, making it harder for patients to learn about the drugs that, in many cases, save their lives.

Documentation

STAT+: FTC says pharmacy benefit managers are stonewalling requests for information

STAT

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A much-anticipated inquiry by U.S. antitrust regulators into pharmaceutical industry middlemen has been stymied because the companies have failed to provide many of the documents that, in some cases, were requested as far back as June 2022.

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Documentation

Opinion: I grew up in one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. Now I’m helping heal it

STAT

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In 2001, at the age of 13, I had come to Kenya’s largest informal settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi with my sister. I had only lived in Kibera for 15 minutes when I saw a police officer and was arrested. But it would be years before I saw a real doctor. When we arrived at 3 a.m.,

STAT+: A new PIPE lawsuit challenges the fairness of sharing confidential, stock-moving information

STAT

APRIL 16, 2024

The fairness of PIPEs, particularly the preferential sharing of confidential, stock-moving information, is now a legal question. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

GoodRx leaked sensitive health information to Facebook and Google, FTC alleges

STAT

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused GoodRx, the prescription drug discount platform, of sharing sensitive personal information about its users’ prescriptions and health conditions with big tech companies. GoodRx, which also runs a marketplace for telehealth services, agreed to pay a $1.5

Opinion: How much personal health information does King Charles owe the public?

STAT

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

5, Buckingham Palace shared the news that King Charles had started treatment for cancer.

Information blocking fines are now fair game in health care

STAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get this newsletter delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. $1 million info blocking fines are now fair game Read the rest…

Hospitals

Opinion: Bloated patient records are filled with false information, thanks to copy-paste

STAT

JUNE 20, 2023

I recently took care of a patient whose medical records included multiple notes about her past open-heart surgery. Only she had never undergone open-heart surgery. Read the rest…

Medical Records

Opinion: Being a chronically ill young adult is hard enough. Finding information about my fertility is even harder

STAT

JANUARY 3, 2024

I recently turned 25. I should be taking risks, jet-setting with other Barbies, and flouncing around in tiny tops. Instead, this chronically ill Barbie spent her first four days of 25 in a scene from “Oppenheimer.” ” On my birthday, I spent nine hours convening with specialists three hours away from home.

‘Out of control’: Dozens of telehealth startups sent sensitive health information to big tech companies

STAT

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Open the website of Workit Health, and the path to treatment starts with a simple intake form: Are you in danger of harming yourself or others? If not, what’s your current opioid and alcohol use? How much methadone do you use?

How a beautiful symptom of a brutal dementia informs our understanding of creativity

STAT

AUGUST 10, 2023

Carol Spence’s vision is flooded with green. As her brush swoops right and swishes left, she’s first transported to a lush spring meadow, then to the canopies of a rainforest — every stroke bringing her to another verdant utopia. Until she hears her daughter scream, “What are you doing?!”

Half of adults struggle to access trusted health information

The Pharmacist

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Around half of adults in the UK struggle to access trusted health information, according to a new report.

Tracking bird flu virus changes in cows is stymied by missing data, scientists say

STAT

MAY 2, 2024

Department of Agriculture after the agency again failed to include basic information needed to track how the virus is changing as it spreads.

Labelling

Opinion: The ethical implications of Elon Musk’s unorthodox approach to medical science

STAT

JULY 8, 2024

These aren’t the latest social media influencer tactics, but the way Neuralink, Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company, has disseminated information about its medical research. Neuralink’s unconventional approaches to research have challenged many norms of medical science.

Communication

Opinion: H5N1 communication has been strictly for the birds. Didn’t the federal government learn anything from Covid?

STAT

MAY 9, 2024

In the wake of pointed criticism about its failure to release new information about the growing H5N1 outbreak in livestock, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. The posted material further confused the public.

Communication

STAT+: UnitedHealth cyberattack cripples pharmacies’ and hospitals’ ability to process insurance claims

STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It would not disclose any other information and directed STAT to its update page. The severity of the attack started to become more apparent Thursday after UnitedHealth disclosed a “suspected nation-state” is behind the cyberattack, which began on Wednesday. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

Hospitals

Hospitals pledge to protect patient privacy. Almost all their websites leak visitor data like a sieve

STAT

APRIL 3, 2023

And almost every one of them uses sophisticated data tools to track and share the personal information of visitors as soon as they start clicking on their websites. A new study found that 99% of U.S.

Hospitals

Opinion: Millions of people are missing from U.S. disability data

STAT

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

For instance, they appear in the Census Bureau’s surveys, which provide information that “generates data that help inform how trillions of dollars in federal funds are distributed each year.” Combined, they are used in at least 17 U.S. population.

Few hospital websites post about LGBTQ+ services or policies, study shows

STAT

OCTOBER 14, 2024

When children’s hospitals around the country were subject to threats and harassment in 2022 over misconceptions about gender-affirming care services, many of them responded by stripping information about the care from their websites.

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Hospitals Medical Schools

STAT+: Survey: Confusion over key requirements means clinical trials aren’t registered and results aren’t reported

STAT

JANUARY 16, 2024

Specifically, 52% said their major challenges involved sorting out the types of clinical trials that must be registered, when a trial should be registered, and when and for which trials information from summary results must be submitted to a U.S. government database. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

STAT+: U.K. becomes the first country to release detailed data on sponsors that fail to register clinical trials

STAT

MARCH 28, 2024

Last week, the Health Research Authority posted complete registration information for 1,545 trials, including the name of the study, the sponsor, and registration number for the trial. And for almost all of the registered clinical trials, the sponsor had informed the HRA it was registered. The findings were notable.

Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023

STAT

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Odds are, you’ve gotten at least one of the unnerving letters in your mailbox this year: “We’re writing to inform you of a cybersecurity incident,” it might start.

HIPAA

STAT+: FDA rejects Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy for ultra-rare condition, another setback for field

STAT

JUNE 28, 2024

Rocket Pharmaceuticals said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration rejected its gene therapy for an ultra-rare, sometimes fatal immuno-deficiency syndrome, saying the company needed to submit more information to prove it can safely manufacture the product.

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Can the government ask social media sites to take down Covid misinformation? SCOTUS will weigh in

STAT

JANUARY 29, 2024

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will this March hear arguments centered on the government’s role in communicating — and sometimes censoring — pertinent public health information in the midst of a pandemic.

Communication

Scientists want to put carbon footprints on drugs. But it’s hard to get accurate numbers

STAT

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Anyone picking up a prescription from their pharmacy is used to the reams of paper that typically accompany it: information on safety, storing, and how to use the drug. What if that information also included your medicine’s carbon footprint?

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Inquiry into unexplained bird flu case in Missouri broadens to a close contact

STAT

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The CDC revealed the previously undisclosed information in FluView , its weekly report on influenza activity. In an hour-long press briefing involving CDC officials on Thursday, no mention was made of this possible additional case.

Opinion: The influential adverse childhood experiences questionnaire should ask about gun violence

STAT

MARCH 21, 2024

This information guides the implementation of preventive measures like lifestyle counseling to reduce the risk of ACE-related chronic conditions like depression, obesity, asthma, diabetes, and cancer. It offers physicians a screening tool to evaluate patients, gaining valuable insights into their physical and mental well-being.

Diabetes

Can screening for food insecurity make a difference for patients? The jury is out

STAT

JUNE 25, 2024

But even as new federal incentives require health systems to collect information that would help them identify if that new diabetes patient lives in a food desert, it’s not always clear what to do with that information.

Diabetes

Opinion: STAT+: How to keep the BIOSECURE Act from hobbling U.S. biotech and pharma

STAT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

patient information is a national security concern, as is the overreliance on China for drug development. Protecting that information and being able to make our own medicines should be a national priority. BIOSECURE proponents argue that allowing the Chinese Communist Party access to U.S. They aren’t wrong.

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STAT+: Teva fined $503 million for disparaging a rival and using patents to thwart competition

STAT

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The European Commission found the company had artificially extended the patent protection of Copaxone and systematically spread misleading information about a rival product.

Drug Pricing

Dietary experts advise skipping guidelines on ultra-processed foods — for now

STAT

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Meeting Monday, the first of two days of presentations, they discussed research findings to inform a report to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture. The results will be published in December. Read the rest…

Opinion: The FDA and FTC need to crack down on TikTok and Instagram influencers pitching prescription drugs

STAT

JANUARY 22, 2024

But the FDA is behind on something crucial: It needs to develop and clarify regulations to protect patients from potential harm and misleading information on social media platforms, particularly from influencers. More recently, in December the agency published guidance about TV and radio advertisements. Read the rest…

STAT+: After months of warnings, FTC opens investigation into Teva over ‘improper’ patents

STAT

JULY 1, 2024

The agency sent a civil investigative demand requiring Teva to provide information related to the patents listed in the so-called Orange Book, which is maintained by the Food and Drug Administration.

Change Healthcare to begin notifying patients that cyberattack compromised their private info

STAT

JUNE 20, 2024

Change Healthcare is beginning the process of notifying a “substantial proportion” of Americans that their private information, such as Social Security numbers and medical diagnoses, was compromised in the cyberattack that brought portions of the U.S. health care system to a halt earlier this year.

STAT+: Cerebral to pay $7 million fine and limit health data use for ads under federal order

STAT

APRIL 15, 2024

Cerebral, a startup best known for dispensing counseling services and prescriptions for conditions like anxiety and depression, has also agreed to pay $7 million to resolve charges that it disclosed customers’ personal health information to third parties for ads, and that it did not honor its promise to make cancellation easy for customers.

Opinion: Open access to research can close gaps for people with disabilities

STAT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This remarkable announcement about open access has the potential to remove information barriers that have long held back social and scientific progress. Even with immediate open access to research results, however, people with disabilities face unique barriers to information access. Read the rest…

STAT+: IVF doctors demand full details on fluid that grows embryos amid CooperSurgical lawsuits

STAT

MARCH 8, 2024

Companies will sometimes give clinics this information voluntarily, along with required labeling information like mouse embryo data, instructions for use, and warnings. The Food and Drug Administration asks manufacturers for a list of materials before the media goes on the market, an FDA spokesperson told STAT.

Labelling

Opinion: Eating rocks: The case for early integration of medical ethics into AI product development

STAT

JUNE 27, 2024

Worldwide, users search Google with health queries 70,000 times per minute , so it has years of experience in communicating health information and a solid framework for producing high quality, authoritatively sourced responses for users. Except when it doesn’t. Read the rest…

Communication

Opinion: There’s a public health crisis lurking in our data: the Census option ‘some other race’

STAT

DECEMBER 19, 2023

population makes underrepresented groups invisible in public health data, resulting in policies informed by inadequate or misleading information. The nationwide failure to accurately measure the variety of races and ethnicities that make up the U.S. Read the rest…

USDA faulted for disclosing scant information about outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu in cattle

Opinion: Done right, AI can give patients crucial information on the quality of their care

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STAT+: HHS finalizes penalties for providers resorting to ‘information blocking’

Opinion: Patients might finally receive practical information with prescriptions — if the FDA doesn’t blow it

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Opinion: STAT+: Some countries are moving to digital prescription drug information for patients. The U.S. shouldn’t follow suit

STAT+: FTC says pharmacy benefit managers are stonewalling requests for information

Opinion: I grew up in one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. Now I’m helping heal it

STAT+: A new PIPE lawsuit challenges the fairness of sharing confidential, stock-moving information

GoodRx leaked sensitive health information to Facebook and Google, FTC alleges

Opinion: How much personal health information does King Charles owe the public?

Information blocking fines are now fair game in health care

Opinion: Bloated patient records are filled with false information, thanks to copy-paste

Opinion: Being a chronically ill young adult is hard enough. Finding information about my fertility is even harder

‘Out of control’: Dozens of telehealth startups sent sensitive health information to big tech companies

How a beautiful symptom of a brutal dementia informs our understanding of creativity

Half of adults struggle to access trusted health information

Tracking bird flu virus changes in cows is stymied by missing data, scientists say

Opinion: The ethical implications of Elon Musk’s unorthodox approach to medical science

Opinion: H5N1 communication has been strictly for the birds. Didn’t the federal government learn anything from Covid?

STAT+: UnitedHealth cyberattack cripples pharmacies’ and hospitals’ ability to process insurance claims

Hospitals pledge to protect patient privacy. Almost all their websites leak visitor data like a sieve

Opinion: Millions of people are missing from U.S. disability data

Few hospital websites post about LGBTQ+ services or policies, study shows

STAT+: Survey: Confusion over key requirements means clinical trials aren’t registered and results aren’t reported

STAT+: U.K. becomes the first country to release detailed data on sponsors that fail to register clinical trials

Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023

STAT+: FDA rejects Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy for ultra-rare condition, another setback for field

Can the government ask social media sites to take down Covid misinformation? SCOTUS will weigh in

Scientists want to put carbon footprints on drugs. But it’s hard to get accurate numbers

Inquiry into unexplained bird flu case in Missouri broadens to a close contact

Opinion: The influential adverse childhood experiences questionnaire should ask about gun violence

Can screening for food insecurity make a difference for patients? The jury is out

Opinion: STAT+: How to keep the BIOSECURE Act from hobbling U.S. biotech and pharma

STAT+: Teva fined $503 million for disparaging a rival and using patents to thwart competition

Dietary experts advise skipping guidelines on ultra-processed foods — for now

Opinion: The FDA and FTC need to crack down on TikTok and Instagram influencers pitching prescription drugs

STAT+: After months of warnings, FTC opens investigation into Teva over ‘improper’ patents

Change Healthcare to begin notifying patients that cyberattack compromised their private info

STAT+: Cerebral to pay $7 million fine and limit health data use for ads under federal order

Opinion: Open access to research can close gaps for people with disabilities

STAT+: IVF doctors demand full details on fluid that grows embryos amid CooperSurgical lawsuits

Opinion: Eating rocks: The case for early integration of medical ethics into AI product development

Opinion: There’s a public health crisis lurking in our data: the Census option ‘some other race’

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