Pulse Summer: Liz Salmi on What Happens When Patients Get Test Results Before Doctors

Welcome to Pulse Summer 2026, where Louise and George revisit the Pulse Pod archives to bring you a curated set of interviews which will challenge and inspire.
Louise & George talk with Liz Salmi, Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the US about her research and patient advocacy work, and what happens when patients get bad health news from reading it in online first
Paper: When Bad News Comes Through the Portal ( https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/EDBK_433944 )Keynote: Getting Ready for Open Everything, MedInfo 2023 ( https://www.opennotes.org/news/liz-salmi-a... )Follow @TheLizArmy on LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizsalmi/ ) | BlueSky ( https://bsky.app/profile/thelizarmy.bsky.s... )
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Episode 50
January 8, 2026

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