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Mario Aguilar

Health Tech Correspondent

Mario Aguilar is a health tech reporter for STAT. Previously he worked at Gizmodo, Protocol, CNN Business, and Wired. He lives in New York.

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mental health app use

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

What types of mental health apps actually work? A sweeping new analysis finds the data is sparse

telehealth rx

Health Tech By Mohana Ravindranath and Mario Aguilar

Telehealth experiments & the latest digital health news from JPM

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar and Mohana Ravindranath

AI for telehealth & the latest in health tech at CES

Health Tech By Mohana Ravindranath, Katie Palmer and Mario Aguilar

The health tech tracker for the first quarter: 13 decisive industry events and deals to watch

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

Three missing pieces the digital therapeutics sector needs to succeed in 2022

Rx Phone

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

Prescription apps to treat disease face uncertainty as they fight for insurance coverage

telehealth clinical trial

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar and Isabella Cueto

Newly public health tech startups struggle, a ticking clock for Talkspace, & decentralized depression trial

AI pills

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar and Isabella Cueto

Digital pills for PrEP & Holmes testimony on Theranos comes to a close

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

The pandemic forced an experiment in delivering intensive mental health care from home. Will the approach stick?

AI race

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar and Isabella Cueto

Docs pitch the C-suite on tech & why telehealth pricing matters

Revolving doors

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

Talkspace’s leadership exodus leaves behind pressing questions — and a pile of cash

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

Verily’s Amy Abernethy hints at clinical trial blueprint for 2022

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

Telehealth for PTSD, SPAC sadness, & FDA clears VR

Urban to Rural Telehealth

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

A telehealth effort to treat PTSD and bipolar disorder in rural areas showed ‘huge gains.’ Now comes the hard part

Persona IQ

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

A smart knee implant promises to ‘help write the future of orthopedic technology.’ Surgeons aren’t so sure

virtual appointment

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

UnitedHealthcare launches a virtual-first health insurance plan as hybrid care gains steam

Kenneth Frazier drug makers

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar and Matthew Herper

‘I don’t know anybody who wants their health disrupted’: Ken Frazier steps out in new venture capital role

nighttime bedroom

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

Big Health scores a novel deal to bring its digital therapeutics to an entire country