At Stanford Health Care, we design AI to serve our patients, providing faster, safer, and more personalized care for all.
Ensuring the Responsible Use of AI
Your safety is our first priority. That means we do a thorough review—from how it is built, to how it performs once in use, and how it sustains that performance over time—so we can ensure it remains safe, effective, and reliable.
This review, which we call the Responsible AI Life Cycle, is conducted by a team of experts that includes academics, doctors, nurses, lawyers, computer scientists, executive leaders, and ethicists—with added insights from our Patient and Family Advisory Council. They evaluate each tool for things like bias, privacy protection, ethical concerns, and other important safeguards.
At Stanford Health Care, AI is designed to support the work of doctors and nurses. Your care continues to be led by a clinical team that makes final decisions that are best for you.
Read more about our commitment to using AI safely, responsibly, and equitably
Putting Patients at the Center of AI
Our approach to AI is patient- and family-centered. The experiences, preferences, and feedback of patients and their families are integral to the evaluation of AI tools. Through the Patient & Family Partner Program, patients and families provide input to help us guide decisions about how AI tools are selected, introduced, and used in care.
Your Voice Matters: Join the Conversation on Data and AI Use in Healthcare
We are recruiting adult patients (18+) who have received care at any Stanford Medicine location to participate in a 60-minute online interview for a research study exploring their experiences and perspectives on how health systems collect and use patient data, including use by data-driven tools and artificial intelligence.
“At Stanford Health Care, our commitment is simple: Every technology we bring into patient care must earn your trust. That’s why we hold AI tools to the same high standards of safety, quality, and reliability that guide everything we do.”
— David Entwistle, President and CEO,
Stanford Health Care
“Care informed by an algorithm must result in all patients being treated equitably. That means ensuring that algorithms aren't biased and that the data we use to train the algorithms are sufficiently inclusive.”
— Nigam Shah, Chief Data Scientist,
Stanford Health Care
How AI Is Being Used at Stanford Health Care
Enhancing Doctor-Patient Relationship
Predicting and Diagnosing Diseases Precisely
Accelerating Medical Research
We’re using AI to streamline routine tasks, support accurate notetaking, and get you fast answers to your health questions—always under the guidance and review of your care providers.
Clinicians Can ‘Chat’ With Medical Records Through New AI Software, ChatEHR
Ambient Artificial Intelligence Technology to Assist Stanford Medicine Clinicians With Taking Notes
Our nationally recognized researchers and clinicians are developing AI tools to support rapid and accurate disease diagnosis—helping us provide faster and more personalized treatments for you.
New AI Model Predicts Disease Risk While You Sleep
New Center Poised to Advance AI Innovation in PTSD Treatment
AI Tool Gives Pathologists Speed, Accuracy and a New Way to Collaborate
Across Stanford Medicine, scientists are using AI to speed up the search for new medicines. These tools can sort through huge amounts of data to spot promising treatments and help predict how they might work for different patients.
AI-powered CRISPR Could Lead to Faster Gene Therapies
Researchers Create ‘Virtual Scientists’ to Solve Complex Biological Problems
Frequently Asked Questions
Artificial intelligence is helping doctors and nurses focus more on what matters most—caring for patients. By handling routine tasks such as paperwork, AI gives clinicians more time for meaningful conversations and connections with their patients. It can also assist in many other ways, from reading medical scans to helping personalize treatments—so patients receive faster and more comprehensive care.
When it comes to AI in health care, issues like fairness, privacy, accountability, and transparency matter. At Stanford Health Care, we take these responsibilities seriously. Before any AI tool is used with patients, it goes through a careful review process by a team of experts across disciplines. This group evaluates the underlying technology and potential impact to make sure the tool is safe, trustworthy, and designed to support the best care for our patients. Learn more about our core values and governance process
No. At Stanford Health Care, AI is designed to support the work of doctors and nurses—not replace them. Your care will always be guided by a clinician who reviews the information and makes the final decisions. In fact, by assisting with routine paperwork and compiling information from medical records, AI helps give clinicians more time for meaningful conversations and providing quality care to their patients.