Teaching AI to Read Patient Histories

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Every patient has a story, but in modern health care that story is buried across thousands of notes, lab results, and fragmented records. Nigam H. Shah, MBBS, PhD, of Stanford University Department of Medicine joins JAMA Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, to explore how researchers are building AI systems that can read and understand a patient’s full medical history in seconds. Related Content: Chatting With AI and the Electronic Health Record https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2026.5709?utm_campaign=podcasts&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube&utm_content=public Podcast was originally published on June 4, 2026. https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/10.1001/jama.2026.5697?utm_campaign=podcasts&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube&utm_content=public --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow JAMA+ AI Conversations on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4VOPuLXRs1cPr-5oaaoFK4LCp8VCSrMQ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jama-ai-conversations/id1772163310 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4pTdqjmuLI6bo3PKISajb7 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/qq5h08zu Your podcast app of choice: https://pod.link/1772163310 Website: https://jamanetwork.com/channels/ai/pages/podcast --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more from JAMA • https://www.jama.com • https://www.facebook.com/JAMAJournal • https://www.twitter.com/JAMA_Current • https://www.linkedin.com/company/jamanetwork Follow the JAMA Network • https://www.jamanetwork.com • http://www.jamanetworkaudio.com • https://www.facebook.com/JAMANetwork • https://www.twitter.com/JAMANetwork • https://www.instagram.com/JAMANetwork • https://www.pinterest.com/JAMANetwork