The nation’s largest health insurance company pressured its medical staff to cut off payments for seriously ill patients in lockstep with a computer algorithm’s calculations, denying rehabilitation ...

An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to pain medicine. In 16.6 days, it estimated, ...

Robert Byrne loves coffee shops. And he wants to see them succeed. “It’s personal for me,” he said. “I met my wife when she was working at a coffee shop, so we are like a coffee shop family.” Byrne ...

This is an excerpt from STAT, the health and medicine news site that’s a partner to the Globe. For a full version of this story and related coverage, visit STAT. An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted ...