"Resuscitating Primary Care: A Triad of Patient, Clinician, and AI Coach"

This opinion by Thomas Bondenheimer, MD, MPH, Liz Salmi, AS, Dave deBronkart, SB, and Tom Delbanco, MD paints a picture of what the future of care might look like. Two fictional vignettes describe an AI coach bridging the time between the onset of symptoms and the months it might take to see their clinician. It also serves as a way for both parties to review notes from their meeting. Read more. (paywalled 🔒)

Bodenheimer T, Salmi L, deBronkart D, Delbanco T. Resuscitating Primary Care: A Triad of Patient, Clinician, and AI Coach. Family Practice Management. 2026;33(2):5-6. https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2026/0300/future-primary-care-triad.html

"Community Perspectives on the Return of Research Results and Ownership of Data and Specimens for Brain Tumor Genomic Research"

How do people with low grade glioma (LGG) brain tumors want to participate in research? Researchers, including Bethany Kwan, PhD, and Liz Salmi, AS, studied the ethical values of autonomy, privacy, ownership, and relevance when it came to LGG genomic studies. They found that reciprocity was important to participants and that the research process often did not meet their expectations. Read more. (open access 🔓)

Kwan BM, Barnard JG, Ritger C, Staton E, Perkins I, Gonzalez-Fisher R, Lennox L, Gay N, Johnson K, Verhaak R, Claus E, Decamp M, Salmi L. Community perspectives on the return of research results and ownership of data and specimens for brain tumor genomic research. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. 2026;9:100741. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2026.100741‌

"Transparency is Not Risk Free. But Neither is Restricted Access."

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), is working to better understand how open notes can be implemented in Ontario. They are exploring the sensitivity involved in note taking in a mental health context. Aware of the successes with open notes in the U.S., a CAMH advisor argues that Canadian patients will seek out their health data regardless, and deserve accessibly written notes. Read more.

Powerful Cancer Story Nominated for Academy Award

Nominated for an Oscar, "Come See Me in the Good Light" is a poignant film about Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson, who is navigating ovarian cancer. Throughout the film, Gibson struggles with when to look at their lab results, although the very choice gives them some semblance of 'control'. Read more about the film and watch it streaming on Apple TV.

Remembering Tessa Richards, BMJ Editor and Advocate for Patient Voices in Research

We mark the passing last month of British Medical Journal (BMJ) editor, Tessa Richards. She was a remarkable champion for the inclusion of patients in the production of academic journals, leading the way for other publications to follow suit. When she left the BMJ in 2023, the journal had a patient editor, a patient advisory board, and over 1,000 patient and public reviewers. Read more.