September 05, 2023

Designing for Health: CT Lin, MD, Liz Salmi, and Bryan Steitz, PhD | Live at UGM | Test results and the patient portal; plus … a live concert

37 minutes

Nordic Chief Medical Officer Craig Joseph, MD, and Head of Thought Leadership Jerome Pagani, PhD, chat with UCHealth CMIO CT Lin, MD, Director of Communications and Patient Initiatives at OpenNotes Liz Salmi, and postdoctoral research fellow at the Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center Bryan Steitz, PhD. They discuss their recent study regarding patient attitudes and perspectives related to immediate viewing of test results via the online patient portal. Stay tuned for a special musical performance from one of our guests. This conversation was recorded live at the 2023 Nordic Summer Social in Madison, WI.

Show Notes:

[00:00] Intros

[07:54] The effect of the 21st Century Cures Act on medical transparency

[12:47] If patients want to see their results earlier

[14:36] The importance of speed of test result delivery

[16:20] How the open notes process is changing care

[20:10] If pre-counseling and patient anxiety are linked

[24:20] Patients and progress notes

[24:54] Liz’s personal journey in patient advocacy

[31:16] A special musical performance

[34:31] What well-designed things bring Liz, Bryan, and CT joy

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