Humanwide: A new approach to personalized, preventive health care
Eddie Shakerpour wanted to feel better, so he joined Humanwide, a Stanford Medicine pilot that used data to create personalized, preventive care plans.
Countdown to Big Data in Precision Health: What’s the government’s role?
Before the Big Data in Precision Health conference, Don Rucker, the national coordinator for health IT, discusses the government's role in health data.
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In the third post in the Taking Depression Seriously series, Sophia Xiao and physician Randall Stafford address the treatments available for depression.
How to combat impostor syndrome: Lessons from the Diversity & Inclusion Forum
At the second annual Diversity & Inclusion Forum, attendees brainstormed how to help underrepresented groups feel like they belong in medicine.
What I did during my med school gap year
In this Stanford Medicine Unplugged post, medical student Yoo Jung Kim discusses how she spent her gap year during medical school.
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In this Stanford Medicine Unplugged post, second-year medical student Orly Farber discusses her plans for preparing for the Step 1 exam.
Matching dreams of a career in medicine with reality
In this Stanford Medicine Unplugged post, fourth-year medical student Nathaniel Fleming discusses transitioning between learning and practicing medicine.
Health in the rural West: Workshop explores how digital tools can help
The Digital Health in the Rural American West workshop addressed health disparities that are often overlooked and understudied in the vast region.