HealthRex Lab in the News
The expertise of the HealthRex Lab team has been featured in many notable media, from CNN Health and Medscape the to the NPR Morning Edition, The New York Times, USA Today, and the Microsoft Research Podcast. Their research has been recognized for subjects including but not limited to COVID, opioid and other drug addictions, medical testing, and artificial intelligence.
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Press covers 5 categories:
AI and Machine Learning in Medicine
KQED Forum / NPR / PBS, September 5, 2024
How Artificial Intelligence is Used in Healthcare
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Stanford Health Policy News, July 1, 2024
Applying Machine-Learning Approaches to Antibiotic Resistance
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Medical Economics, April 19, 2024
Think about the Hype - AI Holds Disruptive Potential for Healthcare
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Healthcare IT News, March 11, 2024
Artificial intelligence can seem like magic – but it's crucial to see past the mirage
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Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Blog, February 20, 2024
Doctors Receptive to AI Collaboration in Simulated Clinical Case without Introducing Bias
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Healthcare IT News / HIMSS TV, February 14, 2024
What is Real and What is Illusion with Healthcare AI?
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Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Blog, January 8, 2024
Using NLP to Detect Mental Health Crises
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Healio, September 25, 2023
'Upended overnight’: Medical advances in artificial intelligence spark optimism, suspicion
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The Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2023
Can AI Help Doctors Come Up With Better Diagnoses?
Stanford Medicine News, September 12, 2023
Leaders discuss AI, equity, aging and cancer at first Big Ideas in Medicine conference
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JAMA Network, August 7, 2023
Large Language Models Answer Medical Questions Accurately, but Can’t Match Clinicians’ Knowledge
Strong Medicine, July 18, 2023
Can AI outperform Stanford Medical Students? (My own research!)
Stanford Human- Centered Artificial Intelligence, August17, 2023
ChatGPT Out-scores Medical Students on Complex Clinical Care Exam Questions
Yahoo! News, May 24, 2023
How You Should—and Shouldn't—Use ChatGPT for Medical Advice
HealthDay, April 28, 2023
ChatGPT Rated as Better Than Real Doctors for Empathy, Advice
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The Hospitalist, January 3, 2023
What Is AI’s Promise and Potential for the Hospitalist?
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Modern Healthcare, August 1, 2021
Buyer beware: predictive models might not work the way you expect
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Cision, December 13, 2020
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Standford AI4All, July 9, 2020
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Stanford Bioengineering Schools of Engineering and Medicine, July 6, 2020
Jonathan Chen: Can algorithms make doctors better?
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Medscape, September 27, 2019
Machine Learning Helps Identify Wasteful Medical Testing
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Synapse USCF, September 16, 2019
Machine Learning Used to Predict Lab Results
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LabPulse.com, September 16, 2019
Technology gives labs a hand with utilization management
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Scope, September 11, 2019
Is that blood test really necessary? AI could help decide
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AXIOS, May 5, 2019
Medical AI has a big data problem
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Book by Eric Topol, March 12, 2019
Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again
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CSO, January 23, 2019
How AI Could Change Healthcare, for Better or Worse
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Medscape, November 8, 2018
Will AI Make Physicians Obsolete?
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Scope, October 3, 2018
How should an algorithm generate recommendations for patient care?
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Microsoft Research Podcast, February 28, 2018
Keeping an Eye on AI with Dr. Kate Crawford
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Nature Medicine, December 7, 2017
Predictable response: Finding optimal drugs and doses using artificial intelligence
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Inside Digital Health, November 6, 2017
Stanford’s Jonathan H. Chen on Predictive AI, Medicine and Hype
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PBS NOVA, October 11, 2017
Using Artificial Intelligence to Spot Hospitals’ Silent Killer
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FierceHealthcare, August, 18, 2017
Despite support from AMA, doctors worry the Human Diagnosis Project could be ‘spitting out garbage’
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Medscape, July 21, 2017
5 FAQs About Machine Learning in Medicine
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Cross Invalidation, July 13, 2017
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Eric Topol, June 29, 2017
Machine Learning and Prediction in Medicine – Beyond the Peak of Inflated Expectations
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Fierce Healthcare, June 29, 2017
Stanford researchers: Bring expectations for artificial intelligence back down to earth
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Fierce Healthcare, July 21, 2017
Atul Gawande says AI is ‘massively far’ from taking over medical diagnosis
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Medical Decision Making
JAMA, September 20, 2022
Achieving Diagnostic Excellence
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Open Minds, August 29, 2022
Less Than 65% Of CKD Individuals With Kidney Failure Risk Visit A Nephrologist Within One Year
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AACC, October 17, 2019
New Handle on Test Overutilization
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PSNet, June 4, 2019
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Scope, May 10, 2018
Brand name or generic? Study probes use of drug names, which ties to health care costs
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Clinical Advisor, August 9, 2016
Medicare patients rarely prescribed buprenorphine-naloxone
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Healio, July 20, 2016
Buprenorphine-nalaxone underutilized by Medicare prescribers
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Opioids / Addiction Medicine
Daily Magazine, July 23, 2020
NJ Opioid Prevention Measure On Track To Become US Law
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NPR, July 17, 2020
Doctors And Dentists Still Flooding U.S. With Opioid Prescriptions
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NPR- Heard on Morning Edition, July 17, 2020
Medical Professionals Still Prescribing Dangerously High Amounts Of Opioids In U.S.
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Kaiser Health News, December 6, 2017
Stopping Opioid Addiction At One Key Source: The Hospital
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The Sacramento Bee, August 14, 2017
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CNN Health, July 31, 2017
Doctors increasingly face charges for patient overdoses
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Pacific Standard, June 17, 2017
Few Americans Are Getting the Addiction Treatment Medicine They Need
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Pacific Standard, June 14, 2017
How Family Doctors Contributed To America’s Opioid Problem
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Cleveland.com, April 5, 2017
Family practice doctors, not pain management specialists, prescribe the most opioids: Know the Risks
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Modern Healthcare, May 31, 2017
Feds, states seek to end Medicaid’s limits on substance abuse care
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The Christian Science Monitor, January 11, 2017
Chris Christie wants to limit painkiller prescriptions. Will that cut back on opioid addiction?
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Kaiser Health News, October 31,2016
Study: ‘Ubiquitous’ Nature Of Painkillers Lands Kids – Even Toddlers – In The ER
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The Pew Charitable Trusts, July 26, 2016
Older Addicts Squeezed by Opioid Epidemic
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Medscape, July 20, 2016
Opioid Addiction Drug Underutilized in Medicare Patients
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Kaiser Health News, July 20, 2016
Study: Medicare Beneficiaries May Face ‘Treatment Gap’ For Painkiller Abuse, Misuse
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Medpage Today, June 20, 2016
Suboxone Underused, Opioids Overused in Medicare
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US News, June 20, 2016
Opioid Abusers Missing Out on Addiction-Fighting Drug
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Kaiser Health News, June 13, 2016
By Sharing Painkillers, Friends And Family Members Can Fuel Opioid Epidemic: Study
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Science News, May 30, 2016
Morphine may make pain last longer
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The New York Times, May 5, 2016
In Prince’s Battle With Opioids, a Familiar Narrative That Begins With Pain
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The New York Times, March 16, 2016
Patients in Pain, and a Doctor Who Must Limit Drugs
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Pain Medicine News, March 8, 2016
Medicare Opioid Prescribing Spans Spectrum of Medical Specialties
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Kaiser Health News, January 13, 2016
Research Gives Context To Addressing Nation’s Drug Abuse Crisis, Review Finds
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USA Today, December 21, 2015
America’s deadliest drug problem: Our view
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STAT, December 21, 2015
Florida crackdown on pill mills drives down opioid overdose deaths
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NBC News, December 18, 2015
Drug Overdose Deaths Hit ‘Alarming’ New Record in U.S., CDC Says
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December 16, 2015
Opioid Overprescribing Not Limited to a Few Bad Apples
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STAT, December 14, 2015
Opioid crisis fueled by prescriptions from family doctors and internists
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Stanford Medicine News Center, December 14, 2015
Overprescribing of opioids is not limited to a few bad apples
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Kaiser Health News, December 14, 2015
Broader Strategies Necessary To Counter Painkiller Over Prescribing, Researchers Say
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UPI, December 14, 2015
Study: Opioid overprescription a problem for all doctors
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Medical Daily, December 14, 2015
Overprescibing Of Opioid Drugs Is Widespread Throughout US: Which Doctors Prescribe The Most?
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Humans and Computers in Medicine
EHR Interlligence, August 31,2020
5 Ways to Improve CDS Tools, Minimize Clinician Burden
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Scope, February 13, 2019
Computer vs. patient: Fighting for residents’ attention
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Health Affairs Blog, May 2, 2016
Narrative Matters: On Our Reading List
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MedicalResearch.com, December 8, 2015
Medical Residents Work Almost 70 hours per week, 1/3 on Electronic Records
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Medpage Today, December 7, 2015
Other
Stanford Daily, 2024
‘Medicine & the Muse’ breathes life into Bing
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DOM Annual Report, 2023
How to endure in a Pandemic? Magic!
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yahoo! Life, November 4, 2020
Standordlive, July 28, 2020
Stanford Medicine Stuck@Home Concerts: Emotional PPE for Unprecedented Times
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Consumer Reports, April 24, 2020
Tracking Everyone With Coronavirus Is a Huge Task. These Systems Could Help
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