The report documents key trends steering the industry’s future, including a maturing digital health market, new health laws opening patient access to data, and artificial intelligence gaining regulatory traction for medical use.

Stanford Health Care was among 55 academic medical centers in the nation to receive the top honor, based on measures of patient safety and quality of care.

Over 3½ hours Nov. 17, more than 1,600 staff members and faculty helped support the transition of around 200 patients into the new 824,000-square-foot hospital.

In the new Stanford hospital, the human employees will be joined by a fleet of robots programmed to take on some repetitive and mechanical tasks.

For the atrium of the new Stanford Hospital, New York sculptor James Carpenter, who has been captivated by the properties of light and glass for 50 years, was asked to find a way to convey a sense of water without liquid.

At the annual assembly, Stanford Medicine leaders provided updates on the new Stanford Hospital and other construction projects, and scientists recounted research advances made possible by a colleague’s tissue donation.

The hospital’s stroke program can now provide swift service to residents of Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore, who previously had to be transported elsewhere after suffering a stroke.

When surveyors from The Joint Commission conducted their triennial accreditation survey earlier this summer, Stanford Health Care passed with flying colors.

A recent town hall event detailed the School of Medicine’s endowment income, gifts and other income, and included a financial update and forecast.

The report finds a rapid increase in the volume and utility of health-related data, creating an opportunity to democratize health care.