Cont. via @mariojoze.bsky.social: When there are complex instructions or tricky decisions need to be made, recordings & summaries can be helpful, esp for family or caregivers who were not in the room. But sensitive health data in consumer apps aren't subject to HIPAA. 🧵

"In early January, the Food and Drug Administration delivered on the Trump administration’s deregulatory promises by allowing more wellness products to be marketed without the agency’s authorization." Now, a flood of producrs that purportedly measure blood pressure. www.statnews.com/2026/05/28/f...

The new wave of blood pressure products could raise awareness about hypertension, which affects nearly half of American adults. But the unproven underlying technology could mislead users, and delay necessary care, @mariojoze.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2026/05/28/f... via @statnews.com

Blood pressure tech floods the market after FDA relaxes wearables oversight t.co/tIO1OZBbVg

I would also highly recommend Michelle Mello's article in @jamahealthforum.com "Utah’s Experiment With AI-Driven Prescription Renewals" which covers different issues, jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... And @statnews.com reporting from @mariojoze.bsky.social on this. www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/u...

Mental health chatbot developer Slingshot AI wants the world to believe that its smartphone app, Ash, will do more good than harm. The evidence that the company offers, though, raises more questions than answers, @mariojoze.bsky.social writes: www.statnews.com/2025/11/24/s... via @statnews.com

We got burned by an AI freelancer and a few missteps of our own. Here's the full disclosure on that. All I can add from my vantage here is that my work has always been subject to rigorous fact checking. It's sometimes a days long, maddening process, but 100% of the time I am grateful in the end.

Important story. I covered this back in July, too: www.wired.com/story/usaid-...

Under Chris Klomp’s watch, crucial decisions will be made about the direction of Medicare. And, @mariojoze.bsky.social reports, given other insurers often follow Medicare's lead, Klomp is in a position to influence the broader health care system. www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m... via @statnews.com

He's a faith-driven, 44-year-old health tech entrepreneur from Idaho who just got put in charge of Medicare. Read about his ambitions to reform the ~$1 trillion program in this deeply-reported profile by @mariojoze.bsky.social, via @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/m... via @statnews.com

A proudly frugal tech CEO now runs Medicare, where he’ll hunt for savings on a far bigger stage https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/28/medicare-director-chris-klomp-health-tech-executive-with-ambitions/

The website ‘refresh’ — that included changing references to "health equity" — reflects a commitment to building products that improve everyone’s health, according to Google, @mariojoze.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/g... via @statnews.com

NEW: Google scrubs 'health equity' from its website as Trump attacks DEI www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/g...

Lawmakers ask the FDA to review Hims’ Super Bowl ad for "misleading" patients, foreshadow that they plan to introduce legislation to address ads that omit safety info, via @mariojoze.bsky.social

Transcarent acquires Accolade for $621 million to create benefits tech giant -- news from @mariojoze.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/01/08/t... via @statnews.com

FDA-cleared apps for everything from depression to opioid use disorder have struggled to gain adoption, and one company just abandoned its app after 4 years of development. @mariojoze.bsky.social explains the dynamics behind a struggling digital therapeutic: www.statnews.com/2024/12/03/o...

Relevant to everyone on the platform! Bluesky is the new destination for X/Twitter’s health and science community. Here’s why www.statnews.com/2024/11/21/b... via @statnews @katiepalmer.bsky.social