Value focused
Focusing on adding value to health care
This issue of Stanford Medicine magazine highlights the tools and initiatives at Stanford that are aimed at adding value to health care and addressing the individual needs of patients.
Predict, prevent, cure — precisely
The Humanwide project integrates detailed health data with team-based care to better understand each patient
Data dealers
Researchers are harnessing millions of de-identified patient records for the ultimate consult
Battling burnout
Programs that address the stresses of being a physician begin to show results
Stroke
Treating blood clots in the brain goes from fast to faster to fastest
Valuable addition
Mathematical models to improve how hospitals are run
Banking biology
Next-generation biobanking is bridging the gap between research and patients
Tough talks
Learning how to break bad news
Letter from the Dean
Pioneering solutions for every patient
Enhancing the value and promise of precision health
Plus
Dream weaver
An image of a mesa that came to a scientist in his sleep sparks insight into a deadly heart disorder
Making connections
Children with autism show social improvement when treated with the hormone vasopressin
Flavor danger
Harmful effects of e-cigarettes are heightened by cinnamon, menthol and other flavorings
Upfront
Upfront
Upfront is a quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
No concealer needed
Surgeon performs Stanford Medicine’s first scar-free thyroid removal.
Cancer screening gaps
Some groups of women with ovarian cancer are undertested for mutations that could guide clinical care.
Baby brain science
New research links preemie brain injury from low oxygen to specific cells.
Flagging chronic fatigue
Scientists have devised a blood-based test that accurately identified people with chronic fatigue syndrome, a new study reports.
Christopher Dawes
Christopher Dawes, who as CEO guided Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford through its formative years, dies at 68.
Explore Issues
The majestic cell
How the smallest units of life determine our health
Psychiatry’s new frontiers
Hope amid crisis
AI explodes
Taking the pulse of artificial intelligence in medicine
