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By Mario Aguilar

March 26, 2026

Health Tech Correspondent

Mario Aguilar

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Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the practice of health care and the business and policy challenges to realizing tech’s promise. He’s also the co-author of the free, twice weekly STAT Health Tech newsletter. You can reach Mario on Signal at mariojoze.13.

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In one of the last prenatal appointments before I became a dad, I remember spotting a cheeky novelty mug on the doctor’s bookshelf begging patients not to “confuse your Google search with my medical degree.” As an item below shows, chatbots are rapidly becoming the first step in people’s health journeys. Nobody’s making mugs about ChatGPT yet. Easy money, who wants in?

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  1. Mario Aguilar

    Health Tech Correspondent

    Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the practice of health care and the business and policy challenges to realizing tech’s promise. He’s also the co-author of the free, twice weekly STAT Health Tech newsletter. You can reach Mario on Signal at mariojoze.13.