I'm a health journalist for @statnews.com interested in speaking with people who have used telehealth companies for weight loss. If you have an experience you'd be open to sharing, please reach out! [email protected] or Signal at palmer.01

For 3 years, I've reported on 2 big telehealth trends: pharma partnerships and compounding. They've gone head-to-head as patients demand GLP-1s. But they've been part of the same story for much longer. Here's how telehealth got hooked on drug-first thinking: www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t...

It's been 6 months since the FDA updated its public list of authorized AI-enabled devices. So @statnews.com went ahead and checked how things are going. At least 167 more AI-enabled devices have gotten cleared or approved since the last one added to FDA's list: www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/f...

Are you a physician or health care provider using AI tools like OpenEvidence? I want to hear about your experience! I'm a health tech journalist @statnews.com reporting on clinical AI, and you can find me on Signal at palmer.01 (email in bio)

May 1 is the deadline for health systems to make sure that AI and other tools informing patient care don't discriminate. But the Trump admin scrubbed information about the civil rights rule months ago. What does that mean for compliance? My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/h...

Work on insuring clinical algorithms are free of bias has been underway for years. Now a May 1 deadline to show tools are bias-free is in limbo as all information about the new rules have been removed from HHS websites. More from @katiepalmer.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/h...

The explosion of compounded GLP-1 offerings is ending, and many patients are left with no good options. Telehealth companies and compounders are pursuing workarounds that may be riskier. At the same time, patients still can't afford the branded drugs. w/ @katiepalmer.bsky.social

In 2026, HHS was set to require fields for sexual orientation and gender identity in EHRs, supporting research and better care for LGBTQ+ patients. Now, HHS won't enforce those requirements. Read in @statnews.com about impacts on providers and EHR vendors: www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...

Reporters @statnews.com are following the HHS restructuring closely — on the health tech team, we especially want to hear from those impacted by the IT consolidation and those impacted at OCR. Reach out here: www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/h...

Facing a shrinking market for compounded GLP-1 weight loss drugs, dozens of telehealth companies are marketing hormone therapies for men and women — many of them compounded options that use the same backbone built to capitalize on intense GLP-1 demand www.statnews.com/2025/03/11/t...

In today's edition of AI Prognosis we: -Address the question of whether health care's adoption of AI scribes is entirely vibes-based -Have an exclusive Q&A with co-founder of an AI deep research tool made specifically for scientists who just raised a $22M Series A -Recommend a 🔥 Song of the Week

I'm looking to talk with VA employees who may be directed to alter gender-related fields in medical records. Signal: palmer.01. Please boost! #journorequest #veterans

On Saturday, Trump's layoffs hit the FDA. If you've been affected by the firings in federal health agencies, you can contact STAT using the form in this story. www.statnews.com/2025/02/15/t...

Two weeks of work went into this and I’m not done yet. Coming soon: - explore diffs of all datasets that have been republished with changes - search and access all archived data www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

A potent story from @jonathanwosen.bsky.social and @angusrohan.bsky.social showing that threats to federal science funding are already having an impact on career choices for talented scientists, threatening the US's leadership position in biomedical research. www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/t...

As a health tech reporter at STAT News, I cover the role of technology in health care and clinical research — including artificial intelligence, telehealth, EHRs, and remote patient monitoring. Is there an untold story about how tech is impacting patients? Contact me securely on Signal: palmer.01

There's a hard deadline coming up in May for health care providers to vet clinical decision support tools for discrimination — but “most health systems just aren’t looking," one source told me. Via @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/01/14/c...

FDA's AI device count has now ticked over 1,000. But it has also quietly received over 500 drug submissions with AI, and today it put out an anticipated draft guidance on AI in drug development. What does high-risk AI in drugs mean to FDA? Read in @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/a...

NEW: Some consider him a fearless truth-teller with a deep respect for science. Others consider him a contrarian for contrarian’s sake, opining on matters for political clout. Which Marty Makary would run the FDA? www.statnews.com/2024/12/17/m...

A surprising finding in this analysis of FDA-authorized AI/ML devices: 22 devices indicated for use in kids were validated in adult datasets only. That's part of a much broader problem in how representative (or not) AI devices' training and validation data are: www.statnews.com/2024/12/16/f...

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...

This is astonishing especially because self-reported large health data breaches hit an all-time high last year, impacting more than 165 million individuals — half the U.S. population. Imagine how much higher the number would be if OCR did regular audits.

NEW: UnitedHealth Group is paying many of its own physician practices significantly more than it pays other doctor groups in the same markets for similar services, undermining competition and driving up costs for consumers and businesses. www.statnews.com/2024/11/25/u...

Marty Makary tapped for FDA commissioner www.statnews.com/2024/11/22/t...

Thanks to so many science & health experts for describing why they're here on Bluesky, and what the moves could mean for science communication and public health messaging: www.statnews.com/2024/11/21/b...

#Breakingnews: Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid www.statnews.com/2024/11/19/d...

Will the FDA's advisory committee meeting on generative AI in medical devices this week surface productive solutions for regulation, or will it be "a lot of hand-waving and overpromising"? We'll be watching: www.statnews.com/2024/11/19/f...

Late Friday news drop: Telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances extended for another year by DEA and HHS — leaving long-awaited permanent rule making to the next administration www.statnews.com/2024/11/15/t...

A reminder that, just this week, moderate Republican senators were scrambling for cover when @rachelcohrs.bsky.social @owermohle.bsky.social and John Wilkerson tried to ask for their thoughts on confirming RFK Jr. www.statnews.com/2024/11/13/g...

Clinicians have long discouraged using Google Translate to get important messages across to patients with limited English. Now some health systems, including Children's Hospital Los Angeles, are turning to LLMs to translate key documents. For @statnews.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2024/11/11/c...

Digital health companies are sending very different messages about GLP-1s to patients and enterprises. A look at the pivot many consumer-focused cos are making as payers confront the costs of the drugs: www.statnews.com/2023/08/21/w...

like,,,I still don't want to be a medical doctor...but the residents made the puzzle of diagnosis look so fun?? @katiepalmer.bsky.social and me on how one hospital is teaching their residents to diagnose both diseases AND problems with GPT-4