Looking for a good biomedical read? Stanford Medicine communicators offer up their top picks for the year.
Category: Patient care
Touch-sensor technology seen as a path for improving surgical training
A Stanford surgeon, educator and inventor has worked to advance the science of touch.
Live from Sophie’s Place: Broadcast studio offers a fun distraction for young patients
A broadcast studio that features a variety of programming for patients opened recently at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.
Stanford Surgery’s decorating contest brings cheer to doctors working over the holidays
Stanford Medicine hosted an office decorating contest to help share the holiday spirit for those who have to work between Christmas and New Year's.
Informed consent: A reminder that each patient is different
Neurosurgery resident Adela Wu comments on the importance of personalizing the informed consent process before a procedure for each patient.
The positives whisper: Thoughts on gratitude from an emergency medicine physician
Emergency medicine physician Al’ai Alvarez discusses how he integrates gratitude into his daily life and its many widespread benefits.
Cholera and starvation in Yemen are preventable, Stanford pediatrician says
The civil war in Yemen has led to an cholera epidemic and widespread starvation. Both were preventable, Stanford pediatrician Paul Wise says.
Helping kids with autism better understand facial expressions, “which is kind of fantastic”
A look at a new type of behavioral therapy designed to help children with autism understand emotions and interact better with others.
A Stanford doctor hits the field with the 49ers — as their airway management physician
Stanford Medicine's Peter D'Souza shares his experience as an airway management physician who attends NFL games with the 49ers.
Tips for caring for patients with disabilities, from a mother and physician
In this Q&A, Cori Poffenberger, a physician and mother to a daughter who has spina bifida, offers suggestions for caring for people with disabilities.
Supporting a family’s goals during a difficult pregnancy
When Kristin and Patrick Flor learned the baby they were expecting had a severe genetic syndrome, they planned with Stanford doctors for her brief life.
How early physical therapy can lessen the long-term need for opioids
Patients who undergo physical therapy soon after a pain diagnosis are less likely to use opioids in the long term, a Stanford-Duke study finds.
Stanford Medicine Health Trends Report examines opportunity to democratize health care
The Stanford Medicine 2018 Health Trends Report found that an explosion of data in medicine is democratizing health care.
Can artificial intelligence help doctors with the human side of medicine?
Two leaders of Stanford’s Presence Center — Abraham Verghese and Sonoo Thadaney Israni — explore how AI can enhance the human side of patient care.
Gun violence is a public health issue: One physician’s story
An emergency room physician shares the story of treating a baby with a gunshot wound and how the experience shaped her views on gun violence.
In breaking bad news, the comfort of silence
In this piece, a fourth-year medical student shares a recent patient encounter and what he's learned about breaking bad news to patients.