2026 Arnold Milstein: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	47	3418	3148	1644	1490	175	8387

Overview

Arnold Milstein is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Family Practice, and Health Informatics.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of healthcare-related issues, particularly focusing on Healthcare Policy and Management, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Healthcare cost, quality, practices, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Milstein has published multiple papers in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), JAMA, Health Services Research, Nature Medicine, and NEJM AI. Their recent papers include the following:

Large Language Model Influence on Diagnostic Reasoning, 2024, JAMA Network Open
Illuminating the dark spaces of healthcare with ambient intelligence, 2020, Nature
Influence of a COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness and safety profile on vaccination acceptance, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Testing and Evaluation of Health Care Applications of Large Language Models, 2024, JAMA
Assessment of Electronic Health Record Use Between US and Non-US Health Systems, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine

Among frequent co-authors are Kevin A. Schulman, Ethan Goh, Jonathan H. Chen, Li Fei-Fei, and Albert Haque, indicating collaborations spanning various aspects of healthcare research and artificial intelligence applications.

Best Publications

Selective referral to high-volume hospitals: estimating potentially avoidable deaths.

R. Adams Dudley;Kirsten L. Johansen;Richard Brand;Deborah J. Rennie

971
Citations
Improving the safety of health care: the leapfrog initiative.

Milstein A;Galvin Rs;Delbanco Sf;Salber P

422
Citations
Smartphone-Based Conversational Agents and Responses to Questions About Mental Health, Interpersonal Violence, and Physical Health

Adam S. Miner;Arnold Milstein;Stephen Schueller;Roshini Hegde

370
Citations
Tool Detection and Operative Skill Assessment in Surgical Videos Using Region-Based Convolutional Neural Networks

Amy Jin;Serena Yeung;Jeffrey Jopling;Jonathan Krause

325
Citations
Illuminating the dark spaces of healthcare with ambient intelligence.

Albert Haque;Arnold Milstein;Li Fei-Fei

249
Citations
Making Machine Learning Models Clinically Useful

Nigam H. Shah;Arnold Milstein;Steven C. Bagley

249
Citations
America's new refugees--seeking affordable surgery offshore.

Arnold Milstein;Mark Smith

229
Citations
A systemic approach to containing health care spending.

Ezekiel Emanuel;Ezekiel Emanuel;Neera Tanden;Stuart Altman;Scott Armstrong

225
Citations
Influence of a COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness and safety profile on vaccination acceptance.

Robert M Kaplan;Arnold Milstein

217
Citations
Increased costs and rates of use in the California workers' compensation system as a result of self-referral by physicians.

Alex Swedlow;Gregory Johnson;Neil Smithline;Arnold Milstein

185
Citations
The Financial Effect of Value-Based Purchasing and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on Safety-Net Hospitals in 2014: A Cohort Study

Matlin Gilman;Jason M. Hockenberry;E. Kathleen Adams;Arnold S. Milstein

154
Citations
Safety-net hospitals more likely than other hospitals to fare poorly under Medicare's value-based purchasing.

Matlin Gilman;E. Kathleen Adams;Jason M. Hockenberry;Arnold S. Milstein

154
Citations
Ethical issues in using ambient intelligence in health-care settings

Nicole Martinez-Martin;Zelun Luo;Amit Kaushal;Ehsan Adeli

143
Citations
Ending Extra Payment for “Never Events” — Stronger Incentives for Patients' Safety

Arnold Milstein

141
Citations
Assessment of Electronic Health Record Use Between US and Non-US Health Systems.

A. Jay Holmgren;N. Lance Downing;David W. Bates;David W. Bates;Tait D. Shanafelt

140
Citations
Bedside Computer Vision - Moving Artificial Intelligence from Driver Assistance to Patient Safety.

Serena Yeung;N Lance Downing;Li Fei-Fei;Arnold Milstein

139
Citations
Large Employers' New Strategies in Health Care

Robert Galvin;Arnold Milstein

139
Citations
American Medical Home Runs

Arnold Milstein;Elizabeth Gilbertson

135
Citations
California Safety-Net Hospitals Likely To Be Penalized By ACA Value, Readmission, And Meaningful-Use Programs

Matlin Gilman;E. Kathleen Adams;Jason M. Hockenberry;Ira B. Wilson

129
Citations
Assessing the evidence for value-based insurance design

Niteesh K. Choudhry;Meredith B. Rosenthal;Arnold Milstein

120
Citations
Has The Leapfrog Group Had An Impact On The Health Care Market

Robert S. Galvin;Suzanne Delbanco;Arnold Milstein;Greg Belden

114
Citations
Social isolation and all-cause mortality: a population-based cohort study in Denmark

Kristina Laugesen;Lisbeth Munksgård Baggesen;Sigrún Alba Jóhannesdóttir Schmidt;M Maria Glymour

105
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Li Fei-Fei Stanford University

Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco

Stephen M. Shortell University of California, Berkeley

Meredith B. Rosenthal Harvard University

James O. Kahn Stanford University

Jay Bhattacharya Stanford University

Robert S. Kaplan Harvard University

Victor W. Henderson Stanford University

Judith H. Hibbard University of Oregon

Peter S. Hussey RAND Corporation

External Links

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