Healthcare News Sources
In our world full of an ever-expanding quantity of content, news curation and journalism have an increasingly critical role in filtering out the signal from the noise. While traditional news outlets are still standard-bearers for primary-source journalism, when it comes to business and industry-specific news the last two decades have seen a proliferation of independent content creators publishing through independent blogs and corporate-affiliated newsletters. These creators attract a following by thinning down the firehose of news into streams focused on specific industries or sub-industries and layering concise perspectives and insights onto the facts to help readers quickly form conclusions about the current events of the day and guide strategic decision-making. In the large and complex Healthcare industry, these blogs have become especially popular, and many are now household names.
Here are a few of the healthcare sources that the KBHC team has found particularly insightful:
Best for Health Tech and Digital Health
1. Health Tech Nerds - https://www.healthtechnerds.com/
· Providing a free weekly newsletter as well as topic deep dives, company analyses, and a slack community for members, Health Tech Nerds was founded in 2021 by Kevin O’Leary and Ryan Russell, a surprising combination of Kellogg and Booth rivals who both have a passion for helping to make healthcare better.
· We’re a fan of the weekly cadence of the Sunday newsletter which is a great synthesis of health tech news to cap off the week.
2. HIStalk - https://histalk2.com/
· Founded in 2003 by the anonymous “Mr. H”, HIStalk is fantastic resource for those interested in healthcare information technology.
· The morning headlines are fantastic if you only have a few minutes and need a one-sentence summary for the 2 or 3 most important headlines of the day.
3. CB Insights Digital Health Newsletter - https://www.cbinsights.com/research-digital-health-newsletter
· CB Insights is known for being one of the top data, strategy, and market insights providers for the tech industry and has excellent coverage of digital health.
Best for Biopharma
4. Endpoints News - https://endpts.com/
· Co-founded by John Carroll and Arsalan Arif in 2016, Endpoints News provides excellent independent coverage of the biopharma industry.
· Endpoints is great for keeping track of the latest clinical trial news, drug development breakthroughs, and FDA announcements.
5. PharmaVoice - https://www.pharmavoice.com/
· PharmaVoice is a biopharma industry publication operated by Industry Dive (the publisher of BioPharma Dive, Healthcare Dive, and MedTech Dive, and others).
· PharmaVoice is unique for its focus on Q&As and profiles of industry leaders and its Women of the Week podcast.
Best All-Rounders
6. Advisory Board Daily Briefing - https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing
· After selling its education and healthcare consulting businesses to Vista Equity and Optum respectively in 2017, the Advisory Board’s research division remained as an independently operated subsidiary focused on researching the healthcare industry to develop insights and strategies for its member network.
· Luckily, the Advisory Board Daily Briefing remains a free and publicly available newsletter and contains many great insights across a wide swath of the healthcare landscape.
7. Out-of-Pocket Health - https://www.outofpocket.health/
· Written by Nikhil Krishnan, Out-of-Pocket’s meme-filled and comedic style distills complex healthcare topics into layman’s terms and in a humorous way.
· Great for developing a general understanding of the trends driving healthcare.
8. STAT – https://www.statnews.com/
· Produced by Boston Globe Media, STAT delivers trusted journalism about health, medicine, and life sciences.
· During the COVID-19 pandemic, STAT became a go-to resource to get unbiased news about the latest scientific findings about the virus.
9. Fierce Pharma, Fierce Biotech, and Fierce Healthcare - https://www.fiercepharma.com/,https://www.fiercebiotech.com/, https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/
· Comprehensive resource and concise reporting makes for easy reading and quick skimming.