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# Research on how patients see AI in healthcare reached 102 papers in 2025, 11 times 2020
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/patient-perceptions-ai-publications/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:36:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:05:18.000Z
- Description: Publications on patient perceptions of AI in healthcare rose to 102 in 2025, from 48 in 2024 and 9 in 2020. The AI Index finds patients mostly accept AI in assisting roles.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI in Healthcare, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-healthcare

102

▲ 11× since 2020

publications on patient perceptions of AI in healthcare in 2025

20202025

## What the chart shows

RAISE Health counted 102 publications on patient perceptions of AI in healthcare in 2025, more than double the 48 of 2024 and 11 times the 9 of 2020\. Over 2020–2025 it found 204.

The AI Index sums up this literature as conditional acceptance: patients tend to endorse AI in assisting roles rather than making decisions on its own, and their trust depends heavily on their clinician’s endorsement. Loss of empathy in care is a common concern.

## Key numbers

| Measure          | Value |
| ---------------- | ----- |
| 2025             | 102   |
| 2024             | 48    |
| 2023             | 28    |
| 2020             | 9     |
| Total, 2020–2025 | 204   |

## How to read it

- Publications identified by RAISE Health as studying patients’ views of AI in healthcare.
- The AI Index text calls the growth since 2020 tenfold; the data shows 11.3 times. We use the data.

**Source:** [RAISE Health](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#raise-health), 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 6.3.2: *Number of publications on patient perceptions of AI in healthcare, 2020–25*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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