NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Bat-Zion Hose, interviews Dr. Dean Sittig about his journey in clinical informatics. Dr. Sittig discusses the advantages and challenges of transitioning to electronic health records and explores ways to enhance health IT design for better diagnostic accuracy. He examines the best roles for both humans and computers in an effective diagnostic team.

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NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Carl Berdahl, interviews Dr. Sigall Bell about her journey studying patients reporting of diagnostic process breakdowns and using open and honest feedback to improve diagnostic excellence. She discusses her work developing a framework of common language taxonomy between patients and clinicians to improve communication within diagnostic excellence.

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NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Gezzer Ortega, interviews Dr. Kevin Johnson about the intersection of digital health, clinical informatics, health equity and diagnosis. They discuss the future of digital health technology, moving data into its electronic form, and the use of AI to narrow the digital divide and make access to healthcare more equitable through education for both healthcare professionals and patients.

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NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Vinita Parkash, interviews Sue Sheridan about her journey as a patient safety advocate and engaging patients in test result management. Ms. Sheridan discusses the CURES Act, which gave patients immediate and full access to test results, and how there is still work to be done around ensuring health systems are complying with this act. She also emphasizes that it is clinicians’ responsibility to communicate test results in a way that their patients understand.

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NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Anand Narayan, interviews Dr. Terry Fulmer about the process of building the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement. Dr. Fulmer shares the importance of defining the problem you want to solve, talking to everyone about your goals, and using change-centered language.

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2023 NAM Scholar in Dx Ex Dr. Tina Cifra interviews 2021 NAM Scholar in Dx Ex Dr. Traber Giardina about her career in patient engagement. They discuss the joy and value of collaboration — with patients across different backgrounds, with other clinicians, and with local organizations.

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NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Brandon Maughan, discusses with Dr. Katy Milkman how clinicians can use behavioral science research on checklists, habit forming, and heuristics to improve their clinical reasoning.

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NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Akshar Abbott, and Dr. Monica Lypson discuss the importance of connecting health equity policy to the whole patient and how policy and technology can help improve access to quality care.

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NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Raja-Elie Abdulnour, discusses clinical reasoning assessment with Dr. Michael Barone. They discuss assessment as a quality improvement tool, as well as how to adapt assessment and learning considering technological changes.

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NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Michael Pulia, interviews Dr. Pascale Carayon about the human factors discipline and how it can be used to improve patient safety. Dr. Carayon discusses her pioneering work in systems engineering and as a member of the committee that authored the National Academies’ 2015 Improving Diagnosis in Health Care report.

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