Human-centered AI safety
We study when clinical AI misleads, encourages inappropriate agreement, or changes trust and judgment—to inform how practical AI applications are developed and evaluated.
Human Experience and Advancement Lab
Understanding the
human experience
of healthcare.
We study how healthcare systems and artificial intelligence shape clinical judgment, relationships, and work—and use those insights to develop and evaluate approaches that support the people delivering and receiving care.
Research & Innovation
Care as it happens.
Human questions. Clinical evidence.
Practical approaches, informed by research.
Clinical work & care systems
We examine how workload, team coordination, and technology affect care delivery, using those insights to identify opportunities for practical improvements.
Learning & the future of medicine
We examine how physicians develop expertise and how artificial intelligence changes their work, informing approaches that support clinical learning and judgment.
Selected publications
Explore the work.
Ambient AI Scribes and Emergency Department Documentation Burden: Retrospective Cohort Study
Preiksaitis C, Alvarez A, Winkel M, Karamatsu M, Brown I, Sama N, Morris L, Lee JY, Gubbels A, Wahl E, Frye A, Schoeffler A, Gharahbaghian L, Rose C. JMIR AI. 2026;5:e92193.
Quantifying Emergency Medicine Residency Learning Curves Using Natural Language Processing: Retrospective Cohort Study
Preiksaitis C, Hughes J, Kabeer R, Dixon W, Rose C. JMIR Medical Education. 2025;11:e82326.
Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Me? Automation Susceptibility of Emergency Physician Tasks
Rose C, Molins E, Schoeffler A, Kabeer R, Frank MR, Preiksaitis C. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2026.
People
Meet the lab.
Co-directors Carl Preiksaitis, Christian Rose, and Rana Kabeer share responsibility for HEAL’s direction, connecting research with practical innovation.
Carl Preiksaitis
Co-director
Assistant Professor
Co-leads HEAL’s research activities, investigating how healthcare technology shapes clinical judgment, relationships, and work.
Stanford profile for Carl Preiksaitis
Christian Rose
Co-director
Assistant Professor
Co-leads HEAL’s research activities, investigating how healthcare technology shapes clinical judgment, relationships, and work.
Stanford profile for Christian Rose
Rana Kabeer
Co-director
Clinical Assistant Professor
Leads the development of HEAL’s innovation and applied AI activities, connecting research insights with practical healthcare challenges.
Stanford profile for Rana KabeerHEAL Lab Notes
What we’re thinking about.
Would Odysseus Pass Plutarch’s Test?
What we can learn about sycophantic AI from the Greeks
Read on Substack : Would Odysseus Pass Plutarch’s Test?When More Data Makes AI Dumber
A new triage study reveals how AI fails precisely where patients need it most
Read on Substack : When More Data Makes AI DumberTry AI That Doesn't Ask for Your Attention
A lesson on good AI use cases
Read on Substack : Try AI That Doesn't Ask for Your AttentionConnect
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