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The way Epic Systems, the dominant U.S. electronic health records vendor, behaves in the market ends up undercutting innovations. STAT's Casey Ross explains:
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Last night, STAT's Executive Editor Rick Berke accepted, in memory of Helen Branswell, the Kovler Prize for Trust in Life Science Journalism. Watch this video that Helen recorded in late summer to accept the award. We miss you, Helen. youtube.com/watch?v=Rsu5Zr8I…
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Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed reacts to HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s recent comments about Arabs in science and medicine.
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Epic Systems, the dominant U.S. electronic health records vendor, hosts an annual customer meeting where it unveils its feature roadmap, which also serves to ice out competition and freeze the market. STAT's Brittany Trang and Casey Ross explain.
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Meet STAT Wunderkind — he's working on documenting LGBTQ+ disparities, then dissolving them. Read more about his work: statnews.com/wunderkinds/aus… #STATWunderkinds
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Meet STAT Wunderkind Baldeep Dhaliwal — she's working to keep community health workers safe during disease outbreaks. Read more about her work: statnews.com/wunderkinds/bal… #STATWunderkinds
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"I am a family nurse practitioner who works in both primary care and emergency medicine, and I now have this conversation with patients on a regular basis." statnews.com/2026/10/26/how-…
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Meet STAT Wunderkind Claire Gao — she's figuring out how GLP-1 drugs work in the brain. Read more about her work: statnews.com/wunderkinds/cla… #STATWunderkinds
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Meet STAT Wunderkind Chirag Vasavda — he is working on changing how science understands itch and pain. Read more about his work: statnews.com/wunderkinds/chi… #STATWunderkinds
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STAT reporters react to the 'emotional' scenes of Elizabeth Holmes in the ‘You Can See Everything’ documentary.
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