STAT+: How Stanford patients help expose ‘fault lines’ in health AI adoption
Why this matters: health reporting relevant to everyday decisions and well-being.
At Stanford University, it’s easy to get carried away with technology. The computer mouse was invented there. So was Google. And now, it’s pumping out a myriad of tools for artificial intelligence in health care. But for the last year and a half, Stanford’s hospital has been asking patients about new AI tools before they roll them out.&#x A0; Eric Gries is one of those people, handpicked by Stanford as part of a “patient panel.” Gries was the caregiver for his wife while she was first on a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), then had a heart transplant. He later became the temporary caregiver for his brother-in-law when he also had a heart transplant. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…