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Healthcare

AI will revolutionize healthcare, from diagnostics to operations, and create new concerns for patient privacy and security.

AI Reveals How Brain Activity Unfolds Over Time
Andrew Myers
Jan 21, 2026
News
Medical Brain Scans on Multiple Computer Screens. Advanced Neuroimaging Technology Reveals Complex Neural Pathways, Display Showing CT Scan in a Modern Medical Environment

Stanford researchers have developed a deep learning model that transforms overwhelming brain data into clear trajectories, opening new possibilities for understanding thought, emotion, and neurological disease.

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Medical Brain Scans on Multiple Computer Screens. Advanced Neuroimaging Technology Reveals Complex Neural Pathways, Display Showing CT Scan in a Modern Medical Environment

AI Reveals How Brain Activity Unfolds Over Time

Andrew Myers
HealthcareSciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)Jan 21

Stanford researchers have developed a deep learning model that transforms overwhelming brain data into clear trajectories, opening new possibilities for understanding thought, emotion, and neurological disease.

Robotics and AI
Stanford HAI
Jun 01, 2022
Industry Brief
Robotics and AI Industry Brief Cover

Robots are becoming a core building block in engineering and healthcare applications, altering the way many industries operate, and improving quality of life for everyone. With AI, robots are further given the ability to learn and adapt so that they can work collaboratively alongside humans and other robots in real-world environments. This industry brief provides a cross-section of key research – at HAI and across Stanford – that leverages AI methods into new algorithms for human robot interaction and robot navigation. Discover how researchers are designing intelligent robots that learn and adapt to human demonstration, and how they could be used to disrupt and create markets in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and many more.

Industry Brief
Robotics and AI Industry Brief Cover

Robotics and AI

Stanford HAI
RoboticsHealthcareAutomationWorkforce, LaborJun 01

Robots are becoming a core building block in engineering and healthcare applications, altering the way many industries operate, and improving quality of life for everyone. With AI, robots are further given the ability to learn and adapt so that they can work collaboratively alongside humans and other robots in real-world environments. This industry brief provides a cross-section of key research – at HAI and across Stanford – that leverages AI methods into new algorithms for human robot interaction and robot navigation. Discover how researchers are designing intelligent robots that learn and adapt to human demonstration, and how they could be used to disrupt and create markets in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and many more.

The AI Arms Race In Health Insurance Utilization Review: Promises Of Efficiency And Risks Of Supercharged Flaws
Michelle Mello, Artem Trotsyuk, Abdoul Jalil Djiberou Mahamadou, Danton Char
Quick ReadJan 06, 2026
Research
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Health insurers and health care provider organizations are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in prior authorization and claims processes. AI offers many potential benefits, but its adoption has raised concerns about the role of the “humans in the loop,” users’ understanding of AI, opacity of algorithmic determinations, underperformance in certain tasks, automation bias, and unintended social consequences. To date, institutional governance by insurers and providers has not fully met the challenge of ensuring responsible use. However, several steps could be taken to help realize the benefits of AI use while minimizing risks. Drawing on empirical work on AI use and our own ethical assessments of provider-facing tools as part of the AI governance process at Stanford Health Care, we examine why utilization review has attracted so much AI innovation and why it is challenging to ensure responsible use of AI. We conclude with several steps that could be taken to help realize the benefits of AI use while minimizing risks.

Research
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The AI Arms Race In Health Insurance Utilization Review: Promises Of Efficiency And Risks Of Supercharged Flaws

Michelle Mello, Artem Trotsyuk, Abdoul Jalil Djiberou Mahamadou, Danton Char
HealthcareRegulation, Policy, GovernanceQuick ReadJan 06

Health insurers and health care provider organizations are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in prior authorization and claims processes. AI offers many potential benefits, but its adoption has raised concerns about the role of the “humans in the loop,” users’ understanding of AI, opacity of algorithmic determinations, underperformance in certain tasks, automation bias, and unintended social consequences. To date, institutional governance by insurers and providers has not fully met the challenge of ensuring responsible use. However, several steps could be taken to help realize the benefits of AI use while minimizing risks. Drawing on empirical work on AI use and our own ethical assessments of provider-facing tools as part of the AI governance process at Stanford Health Care, we examine why utilization review has attracted so much AI innovation and why it is challenging to ensure responsible use of AI. We conclude with several steps that could be taken to help realize the benefits of AI use while minimizing risks.

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Hoffman-Yee Research Grants
Open. Letters of Intent due on January 28, 2026.

The Hoffman-Yee Research Grants are designed to address significant scientific, technical, or societal challenges requiring an interdisciplinary team and a bold approach.

These grants are made possible by a gift from philanthropists Reid Hoffman and Michelle Yee.

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Hoffman-Yee Research Grants

Open. Letters of Intent due on January 28, 2026.

The Hoffman-Yee Research Grants are designed to address significant scientific, technical, or societal challenges requiring an interdisciplinary team and a bold approach.

These grants are made possible by a gift from philanthropists Reid Hoffman and Michelle Yee.

Response to FDA's Request for Comment on AI-Enabled Medical Devices
Desmond C. Ong, Jared Moore, Nicole Martinez-Martin, Caroline Meinhardt, Eric Lin, William Agnew
Quick ReadDec 02, 2025
Response to Request

Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFC on evaluating AI-enabled medical devices, recommending policy interventions to help mitigate the harms of AI-powered chatbots used as therapists.

Response to Request

Response to FDA's Request for Comment on AI-Enabled Medical Devices

Desmond C. Ong, Jared Moore, Nicole Martinez-Martin, Caroline Meinhardt, Eric Lin, William Agnew
HealthcareRegulation, Policy, GovernanceQuick ReadDec 02

Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFC on evaluating AI-enabled medical devices, recommending policy interventions to help mitigate the harms of AI-powered chatbots used as therapists.

Curtis Langlotz
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HealthcareOct 05

All Work Published on Healthcare

Why 'Zero-Shot' Clinical Predictions Are Risky
Suhana Bedi, Jason Alan Fries, and Nigam H. Shah
Jan 07, 2026
News
Doctor reviews a tablet in the foreground while other doctors and nurses stand over a medical bed in the background

These models generate plausible timelines from historical patterns; without calibration and auditing, their “probabilities” may not reflect reality.

Why 'Zero-Shot' Clinical Predictions Are Risky

Suhana Bedi, Jason Alan Fries, and Nigam H. Shah
Jan 07, 2026

These models generate plausible timelines from historical patterns; without calibration and auditing, their “probabilities” may not reflect reality.

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Foundation Models
Doctor reviews a tablet in the foreground while other doctors and nurses stand over a medical bed in the background
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Healthcare, Life Sciences, and AI
Stanford HAI
Mar 01, 2021
Industry Brief

This industry brief focuses on AI research in healthcare and life sciences, with particular attention to its implications in a post COVID-19 world. Stanford HAI synthesize the latest from Stanford faculty across drug discovery, telehealth, ambient intelligence, operational excellence, medical imaging, augmented intelligence, and data and privacy. Read to learn more about how the adoption of AI may transform these applications.

Healthcare, Life Sciences, and AI

Stanford HAI
Mar 01, 2021

This industry brief focuses on AI research in healthcare and life sciences, with particular attention to its implications in a post COVID-19 world. Stanford HAI synthesize the latest from Stanford faculty across drug discovery, telehealth, ambient intelligence, operational excellence, medical imaging, augmented intelligence, and data and privacy. Read to learn more about how the adoption of AI may transform these applications.

Healthcare
Sciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)
Industry Brief
AI, Health, and Health Care Today and Tomorrow: The JAMA Summit Report on Artificial Intelligence
Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Michelle Mello, Nigam Shah, Co-authored by 50+ experts
Deep DiveOct 13, 2025
Research
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AI, Health, and Health Care Today and Tomorrow: The JAMA Summit Report on Artificial Intelligence

Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Michelle Mello, Nigam Shah, Co-authored by 50+ experts
Deep DiveOct 13, 2025
Healthcare
Regulation, Policy, Governance
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Research
Closed for the year
RAISE Health Seed Grants
Call for proposals will open up again in 2026

Advances in artificial intelligence technology offer unprecedented opportunities to improve health and medicine, from accelerating biomedical research to strengthening care delivery and patient outcomes.

RAISE Health Seed Grants

Closed for the year
Call for proposals will open up again in 2026

Advances in artificial intelligence technology offer unprecedented opportunities to improve health and medicine, from accelerating biomedical research to strengthening care delivery and patient outcomes.

Russ Altman’s Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Russ Altman
Quick ReadOct 09, 2025
Testimony

In this testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing titled “AI’s Potential to Support Patients, Workers, Children, and Families,” Russ Altman highlights opportunities for congressional support to make AI applications for patient care and drug discovery stronger, safer, and human-centered.

Russ Altman’s Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Russ Altman
Quick ReadOct 09, 2025

In this testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing titled “AI’s Potential to Support Patients, Workers, Children, and Families,” Russ Altman highlights opportunities for congressional support to make AI applications for patient care and drug discovery stronger, safer, and human-centered.

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Kenneth Fong Professor and Professor of Bioengineering, of Genetics, of Medicine, of Biomedical Data Science | Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Stanford HAI | Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science
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Russ Altman

Russ Altman

Kenneth Fong Professor and Professor of Bioengineering, of Genetics, of Medicine, of Biomedical Data Science | Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Stanford HAI | Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science
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