Publications
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Marking 100 years: New commentary charts a path for academic medical centers at the AI crossroads
As Academic Medicine marks its 100th anniversary, Digital Medic executive director Dr. Charles Prober joins Stanford colleagues Dr. Nigam Shah and Dr. Ann Arvin in a new commentary on how academic medical centers should navigate artificial intelligence and digital health platforms without losing sight of the human relationships at the center of care.
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New book chapter: Digital Health Strategies for Women and Children
Medical Director Dr. Victoria Ward and faculty affiliate Dr. Gary Darmstadt authored Chapter 4 of the new Springer volume Health in the Era of Digitalization, now available online. Their chapter, "Digital Health Strategies for Women and Children," examines mHealth and generative artificial intelligence approaches to reducing maternal mortality and improving care for women and children in low- and middle-income countries.
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New commentary in Academic Medicine: A global ecosystem for health professions education
Check out the new commentary by our founding executive director, Dr. Charles Prober, along with Dr. David Atchoarena (WHO) and Dr. Tao Le (ScholarRx), who propose a global initiative to co-create and share multilingual, competency-aligned training resources using open educational resources and generative artificial intelligence to address the projected shortage of more than 11 million health workers by 2030.
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New commentary: Building community health worker systems ready for artificial intelligence
Digital Medic joined fellow Community Health Impact Coalition members in co-authoring a new commentary in The Lancet Primary Care on building community health worker systems ready for artificial intelligence. Drawing on a survey of 28 NGOs across 18 countries, the authors argue AI must be governed as public infrastructure to strengthen, not fragment, community health care.
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Using WhatsApp for vaccine promotion in low-and middle-income countries: practitioner-informed perspectives
See our commentary in BMJ Global Health alongside fellow Vaccine Confidence Fund awardees.
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Learning interventions and training: providing support during health emergencies
We helped guest edit a special edition of Frontiers in Public Health that explores just-in-time, science-based training for health workers and policymakers during crises.
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A mobile messaging service for families on postnatal knowledge and practices: a cluster randomized trial, India
Digital messaging to families in the postnatal period can be effective, according to a study we undertook with researchers from Noora Health, now published in the WHO Bulletin.
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New publication: Global Use, Adaptation, and Sharing of Massive Open Online Courses for Emergency Health on the OpenWHO Platform: Survey Study
Discover how adapting and sharing emergency health massive open access online courses (MOOCs) can enhance accessibility and impact in low- and middle-income countries.
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One term to transform: universal health coverage through professional community health workers
See our comment in The Lancet alongside collaborators from the Community Health Impact Coalition.
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New publication: The role and recognition of community health workers in research–a global survey
Learn about the significant gap we demonstrated between the extensive focus on CHWs in research and their recognition as coauthors. Now available in The Lancet Global Health.
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Evaluation Reveals Positive Impact of Stanford's MOOC: Over 30,000 Healthcare Workers Trained and Significant Knowledge Gains During COVID-19 Crisis
See our new publication in Frontiers in Public Health: We demonstrate the potential of Massive Open Online Courses to rapidly share emerging medical knowledge during health crises.
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New publication: Community health worker perspectives on advocacy
See our article in Frontiers in Public Health, published with CHIC and CHW advisors: “I’ve realized we, as CHWs, our voices can be heard and we can change our community."
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New Publication in Journal of Global Health Promotion
Explore the critical role of community health organizations during a health crisis in our qualitative study of COVID-19 responses in South Africa and Zambia.
