Stanford Health Care

What Stanford Health Care does

Stanford Health Care is a private, nonprofit academic medical center headquartered at 300 Pasteur Drive in Palo Alto, California, founded in 1885 and operating as the clinical care delivery arm of Stanford Medicine alongside Stanford University School of Medicine. The organization provides a comprehensive continuum of services spanning primary care, specialty care, emergency medicine (including separate adult/trauma and pediatric emergency departments opened in the November 2019 New Stanford Hospital), Express Care for urgent non-emergency conditions, advanced oncology including a newly launched proton therapy facility (June 2026), complex transplant services, cardiovascular care, and telehealth via Video Visits. It serves Bay Area patients across Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Livermore, and through a strategic collaboration at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward serving ~400,000 Alameda County residents, with a dedicated International Patient Services channel for cross-border demand. Care delivery is supported by a digital infrastructure built on the Epic-based MyHealth patient portal with native iOS and Android applications, and by a layered AI capability stack including peer-reviewed agentic LLM discharge summaries and ChatGPT-4o-based patient safety report analysis deployed within a PHI-compliant Azure environment.

The business model is insurance-billed patient care revenue across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid plans, supplemented by self-pay with financial assistance, and complemented by telehealth, international patient services, and community benefit investments ($1.1B combined across Stanford Medicine entities in FY ending August 2024). Go-to-market relies on physician referral networks, academic reputation, clinical trial access, and destination-care positioning rather than paid acquisition. Patient segmentation spans primary care, specialty care, emergency, express care, and international — with the 12 Patient & Family Advisory Councils functioning as a feedback loop into care design. Leadership is provided by President and CEO David Entwistle; the broader management team spans executive, clinical, and operational roles including the Executive Director of Advanced Practice overseeing 500+ Advanced Practice Providers across 40+ specialties. Recent strategic direction emphasizes AI-enabled care model transformation, regional expansion via the St. Rose partnership and Tri-Valley three-story expansion, AI governance leadership through CHAI founding participation, and structured talent pipelines through ANCC-accredited Nurse Residency and APP Fellowship programs.

Name

Stanford Health Care

Legal name

Stanford Health Care

Website

https://stanfordhealthcare.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1885

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Stanford Health Care is a Palo Alto-based nonprofit academic medical center affiliated with Stanford University, providing primary, specialty, emergency, transplant, and oncology care across the Bay Area through its Palo Alto hospital, Tri-Valley expansion, and St. Rose Hospital partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Medical Center Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Operated Urgent Care Centers (HLAFADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cardiac & Cardiothoracic Specialty Hospitals (HLAFAHAA), Virtual Specialty Care Platforms (tele-stroke, tele-ICU, tele-derm, tele-cardiology) (HLALABAD)

Keywords

• Academic medical center
• Specialty healthcare services
• Hospital patient care
• Telehealth services
• Cancer treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Healthcare services revenue generated from patient care including hospital services, clinic visits, emergency department, specialty care, and surgical procedures. Billed through insurance plans and self-pay. Stanford Health Care accepts most insurance plans.
2. Video Visits / Telehealth: Virtual care services allowing patients to connect with providers remotely for consultations, follow-ups, and Express Care services.
3. Community Health Investment: Combined $1.1 billion invested in community health programs during fiscal year ending August 2024, including services focused on food security, housing stability, and expanded healthcare access. This represents community benefit spending rather than revenue generation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stanford Health Care is an academic medical center that provides comprehensive healthcare services spanning primary care, specialty care, emergency care, and Express Care through its main hospital, outpatient clinics, and telehealth platforms. The organization delivers advanced treatments including proton therapy, organ transplantation, cancer care, and cardiovascular services, while integrating AI-enabled clinical workflows and a digital patient portal (MyHealth) to support patient engagement and care delivery across the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

Product overview

Stanford Health Care is an academic medical center offering a comprehensive healthcare ecosystem comprising digital patient engagement tools (MyHealth portal and Video Visits), specialty clinical services (Express Care, Proton Therapy, laboratory services), regional hospital care (Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley), and professional development programs (Nurse Residency, APP Fellowship, Administrative Fellowship). The Patient & Family Partner Program coordinates 12 specialty-specific advisory councils, creating a patient-centered care model that integrates clinical excellence with research-driven innovation from Silicon Valley.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MyHealth Patient Portal Digital patient portal and mobile application (iPhone and Android) enabling patients to access their health information, message their clinic, view lab results, schedule appointments, and pay bills from any device.
• Video Visits (Telehealth) Telehealth service enabling patients to conduct video consultations with healthcare providers for same-day appointments, follow-ups, and Express Care services.
• Express Care Clinics Urgent care service for non-emergency issues like coughs, sprains, and conditions that cannot wait for regular appointments. Offers same-day in-person or video visits, open daily with extended weekday and weekend hours.
• Proton Therapy Advanced radiation therapy treatment using proton beams for cancer care. Stanford Medicine's new proton therapy facility treats cancer patients, with the first pediatric patient (a 7-year-old child with a rare brain tumor) treated on June 4, 2026.
• Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Regional hospital network in the Tri-Valley area (Pleasanton and Livermore, California) offering urgent care, cardiovascular health, maternity, orthopaedics, and other specialty services backed by Stanford Medicine expertise. Undergoing expansion with a three-story wing to be added to the Pleasanton hospital.
• Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Laboratories Comprehensive laboratory services including pathology, clinical lab sciences, phlebotomy, and lab support serving patients from Stanford Health Care, Stanford Children's Health, and outside institutions.
• Second Opinion Service Service enabling patients to consult with Stanford Health Care experts from home for second opinions on medical diagnoses and treatment plans.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% of physician reviewers rated the likelihood of harm from AI-generated discharge summaries as unlikely or extremely unlikely
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Alameda Health System (AHS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 April 2026Strategic collaboration to expand specialized care access at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, California. Arrangement includes allocating skilled nursing facility beds for Stanford referrals, developing a community-based inpatient psychiatric unit, leasing medical-surgical beds managed by Stanford, and expanding operating room use staffed by Stanford surgeons. St. Rose Hospital employs over 800 people including more than 300 physicians and serves approximately 400,000 residents of Central and Southern Alameda County. AHS CEO James Jackson stated that under its management, St. Rose has become financially stable and is now operating in the black.
• Coalition for Health AI (CHAI)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 February 2026Stanford was among founding health systems (along with Duke, Mayo Clinic, and Johns Hopkins) that pledged $1.25 million over five years to CHAI, a nonprofit formed to establish best practices for responsible AI use in healthcare. CHAI later abandoned its flagship AI assurance labs initiative and pivoted to partnering with private companies offering AI governance solutions.
• KallisiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 December 2025Clinical implementation collaboration for the FDA-cleared Stentra system, a patient-specific intraoral device designed to support consistent immobilization during head and neck cancer radiation therapy. The implementation aims to evaluate tools that enhance reproducible setup and workflow integration in radiation oncology.
• Destination: HomeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit partner in Stanford Medicine's $1.1 billion community health investment serving nearly 6,000 households with stable housing programs in the Bay Area.
• Second Harvest of Silicon ValleyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit partner in Stanford Medicine's $1.1 billion community health investment providing food to approximately 139,000 individuals in the Bay Area.
• St. Rose Hospital Community FundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew community fund established through the Stanford Health Care and Alameda Health System partnership to support community health initiatives at St. Rose Hospital.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• UCSF Health: UCSF Health is a Bay Area academic medical center affiliated with UCSF School of Medicine, providing quaternary and tertiary care, complex specialty services, and AI-driven clinical innovation. Direct peer to Stanford Health Care given overlapping patient populations, specialty mix, and research-driven care model in the same geography.
• Mayo Clinic: Mayo Clinic is a leading nonprofit academic medical center with national referral base, integrated research, and specialty care excellence. Comparable to Stanford as a destination center for complex cases, with similar reliance on physician referrals, brand-driven patient acquisition, and translational research.
• Mass General Brigham: Mass General Brigham is a major integrated academic health system in Boston offering quaternary specialty care, advanced research, and digital health initiatives. Comparable to Stanford Health Care in scale, academic affiliation, complex-case referral profile, and was co-recognized alongside Stanford in the Novie Awards for talent development.
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Cedars-Sinai is a large California-based nonprofit academic medical center with strong specialty and research programs. Comparable to Stanford as a California-based quaternary provider competing for specialty referrals, complex cases, and research funding in the same state.
• Johns Hopkins Medicine: Johns Hopkins Medicine is an academic medical system with a national quaternary referral base, deep research integration, and AI-health initiatives. Comparable to Stanford on academic-affiliation model, complex-case mix, and was a co-founding health system alongside Stanford in the Coalition for Health AI.
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital: NewYork-Presbyterian is a leading academic medical center affiliated with Columbia and Cornell, with a national referral base and advanced specialty care. Comparable to Stanford Health Care in academic-affiliation depth, quaternary case mix, and brand-driven patient acquisition.
• Duke University Health System: Duke University Health System is an academic medical center in Durham, NC, providing quaternary specialty care and translational research. Comparable to Stanford on academic-medical-center model, AI-health leadership, and as a co-founding CHAI member alongside Stanford.
• Cleveland Clinic: Cleveland Clinic is a large nonprofit academic medical system known for cardiac care, complex specialty services, and national/international patient flows. Direct peer to Stanford in specialty depth (notably cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery), academic affiliation, and as a co-investor with Stanford in the 1m Series A round.

Broad incumbents

• Banner Health: Banner Health is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the US, with broad acute-care and specialty services across multiple states. Comparable to Stanford as a strategic co-investor in the 1m Series A round, but operates at much greater geographic scale and lower-acuity mix than Stanford's quaternary academic focus.

Regional players

• Sutter Health: Sutter Health is a large Northern California nonprofit health system with extensive hospital, clinic, and specialty assets across the Bay Area and Sacramento. Direct regional competitor to Stanford for patients, primary care referrals, and specialty volume in the same geography, but not an academic-medical-center peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StanfordHealth
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC_JEFYoOLP9jxR9qM
• Facebookfacebook.com/StanfordHealthCare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stanford-health-care
• Instagraminstagram.com/stanfordhealthcare

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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