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Inside Amazon’s ‘Haven’ healthcare joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase

by James Thorne on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 at 11:59 am

It has been more than a year since the healthcare joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway was announced. Since then, we haven’t heard much — until now.… Read More

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How this healthcare outsider solved an industry blind spot, with a healthy dose of perseverance

by James Thorne on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 at 10:44 am

Beth Kolko’s superpower may not seem that out of the ordinary. She can’t see through walls, but she can see what’s wrong with the things we use in everyday life — problems… Read More

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The mobile ultrasound revolution: How technology is expanding this medical tool to new frontiers

by Kellie Schmitt on January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 at 3:10 pm

Last year, a physician in a remote Polish town visited the home of a baby with a systemic bacterial infection. The patient appeared healthy with a normal physical exam, so… Read More

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The doctor will see you now … on your phone, with an AI assistant: How tech is changing healthcare

by Todd Bishop on January 9, 2019January 11, 2019 at 1:39 pm

What role will artificial intelligence play in healthcare? How can smartphones make healthcare more accessible? And what’s the future of tech giants such as Amazon and Google in the world… Read More

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How this geneticist went from struggling student to startup founder to selling her company for $102M

by Clare McGrane on October 31, 2018November 25, 2018 at 9:09 am

More than 20 years ago, Claudia Mitchell arrived in Paris to pursue a doctorate degree in molecular biology — with a 4-month-old baby in tow. She had no close friends or… Read More

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How Bill Gates, a valley full of snakes and one entrepreneur took on a deadly disease

by Clare McGrane on September 14, 2018November 25, 2018 at 9:10 am

In 1996, Bill Gates read a story in the New York Times that sparked his passion for health. The story was about a disease he’d never heard of: rotavirus. At… Read More

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How this cancer therapy went from scientific underdog to potential cure

by Clare McGrane on August 8, 2018August 9, 2018 at 9:19 am

Nearly 40 years ago, scientists had what seemed like a crazy idea: What if we could reprogram cancer patients’ immune systems to wipe out their disease? It turns out the… Read More

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Can Amazon fix healthcare? Experts offer a dose of reality on the tech giant’s health partnership

by Clare McGrane on July 13, 2018July 13, 2018 at 10:43 am

The United States has a healthcare problem. The country spends more per capita on healthcare than any other place in the world, about double the average amount for other developed countries.… Read More

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Doctors Without Data: Why one MD founded a startup just to get metrics on his own patients

by Clare McGrane on June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 at 4:02 pm

Dr. Dan Low loves his job. It shows in almost everything he does. Low is a pediatric anesthesiologist — he’s in charge of giving children all the medication and anesthesia they… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: Using precision medicine to kill cancer — with artificial intelligence

by Clare McGrane on May 3, 2018May 3, 2018 at 10:54 am

In December of 2012, Su-In Lee was working at the University of Washington in Seattle. One day, she got the kind of call everyone fears: Her father, Cheol Lee, was… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: A ‘tricorder’ in your home? Pioneer Lee Hood on the future of health technology

by Clare McGrane on February 7, 2018February 7, 2018 at 12:12 pm

“I envision a time, in the 10-year future, when we’ll have a tricorder and you at home will put a drop of blood on the tricorder and it’ll make 5,000… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: How AI is making humans the ‘fundamental thing in the internet of things’

by Clare McGrane on January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 at 10:44 am

Twenty years ago, in 1998, you would have been hard-pressed to find a single hospital room with a personal computer in it. Patient files were kept in filing cabinets. Prescriptions… Read More

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CVS, Amazon and the ‘mass freak-out’: How tech is reshaping the healthcare industry

by Clare McGrane on December 7, 2017December 8, 2017 at 9:56 am

In October, something fairly normal happened: CNBC reported that Amazon might disrupt yet another industry, pharmaceuticals. The tech giant was considering selling prescription drugs online. Introducing GeekWire’s Health Tech podcast, exploring… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: How do you make it in healthcare? Disrupt from the inside out

by Clare McGrane on November 30, 2017November 30, 2017 at 7:13 am

Tech is all about disruption. It’s the poster child of the innovation economy: Tear everything down and build it over again, newer, brighter and shinier. Tech disruption has changed how… Read More

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Tune In: GeekWire’s Health Tech Podcast live with startup vet Mike McSherry and Providence exec Mary Haggard

by Clare McGrane on November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 at 1:19 pm

GeekWire’s popular Health Tech Podcast is going on location this Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 7, for a special live interview with Xealth co-founder and CEO Mike McSherry and Mary Haggard, the VP of consumer innovation… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: ‘The Quadfather’ has a message for techies — accessibility ‘should not be an add-on’

by Clare McGrane on November 1, 2017November 26, 2017 at 11:40 am

Todd Stabelfeldt is a pretty chill dude. He lives 90 minutes from Seattle by ferry, in a home with his wife and occasionally two stepkids. He runs a consultancy for… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: An Uber for house calls? How tech is reinventing doctor’s appointments

by Clare McGrane on October 9, 2017November 26, 2017 at 11:45 am

Think about the last time you saw a doctor. Chances are you had to wait days, weeks or months for an appointment. You probably had to fill out a clipboard… Read More

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Tune In: GeekWire’s Health Tech Podcast live at Providence St. Joseph Health Tuesday

by Clare McGrane on September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 at 3:14 pm

GeekWire’s popular Health Tech Podcast is going on location this Tuesday morning, Sept. 19, for a special live interview with Mark Long, the vice president of digital innovation at Providence St.… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: This researcher’s startup is taking on cancer with data and crowdsourcing

by Clare McGrane on September 14, 2017November 26, 2017 at 11:47 am

Health Tech Live! Join us online at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, for a special Facebook Live stream of GeekWire’s next Health Tech Podcast. Sign up to be reminded here. By… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: Insights from a former Amazon exec now driving innovation in healthcare

by Clare McGrane on August 17, 2017November 26, 2017 at 3:25 pm

Lots of people think they know how to fix healthcare, from legislators in Washington D.C. to your talkative neighbor down the street. And the tech world is no different. Tech… Read More

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Tune In: GeekWire’s Health Tech Podcast live at Providence St. Joseph Health this week

by Todd Bishop on July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 at 10:50 am

GeekWire’s popular Health Tech Podcast is going on location this Wednesday morning, July 26, for a special live interview with Aaron Martin, chief digital and innovation officer at Providence St. Joseph… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: How one woman built her own artificial pancreas and started a DIY movement

by Clare McGrane on July 19, 2017November 26, 2017 at 12:08 pm

[Health Tech Live! Join us online at 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 26, for a special Facebook Live stream of GeekWire’s next Health Tech Podcast. Sign up to be reminded here.] Dana… Read More

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Here are improvements this health tech startup wants to see in the healthcare reform bill

by Clare McGrane on July 3, 2017November 26, 2017 at 12:11 pm

As many folks in Washington, D.C. have learned over the past decade, healthcare is complicated. But even though it’s a tough nut to crack, everyone agrees that the United States’… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: Psychologists become app developers to help people kick addictions

by Clare McGrane on June 29, 2017July 19, 2017 at 9:14 am

Do you ever feel like you’re addicted to apps? Or like they really get inside your head? Well, good news: You’re not imagining it. Introducing GeekWire’s new Health Tech podcast, exploring… Read More

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The art of ‘naive innovation’: Tips from a tech genius on creative problem-solving

by Clare McGrane on June 25, 2017June 25, 2017 at 12:20 pm

Shwetak Patel is a certified genius. The University of Washington computer science and electrical engineering professor won a 2011 MacArthur Fellowship, joining the ranks of the MacArthur “geniuses,” as the… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: This startup is tackling one of healthcare’s biggest challenges with a tiny gadget

by Clare McGrane on June 15, 2017November 26, 2017 at 11:53 am

Taking a pill isn’t very hard for most people. But remembering you need to take a pill? That’s a bit harder. Remembering to take several pills at different times every… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: This innovator is turning smartphones into the ultimate medical device

by Clare McGrane on June 6, 2017June 29, 2017 at 12:00 pm

Computer scientist Shwetak Patel talks a mile a minute. And there’s a reason for that: he’s got a lot on his mind. Introducing GeekWire’s new Health Tech podcast, exploring the… Read More

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Introducing GeekWire’s new Health Tech podcast, exploring the frontiers of digital health

by Todd Bishop on June 6, 2017June 15, 2017 at 9:01 am

We’re excited to debut a new GeekWire podcast today, exploring one of the most promising, challenging and transformative areas of technology: digital health. Season 1, Ep. 1: This innovator is turning smartphones into the… Read More