Catherine Blease

@crblease @MichealMartinTD @taoiseach @YaleBooks @uppsalauni Great to have this time to discuss how to maximise opportunities to improve health care for patients and doctors with safeguards

This week I had the extraordinary opportunity to spend a full hour with Micheál Martin (@MichealMartinTD), Ireland’s @Taoiseach (Prime Minister), discussing AI, the future of healthcare, and Ireland’s role, especially as it relates to the evolving role of health professionals. What struck me most was something surprisingly rare: leadership grounded in genuine inquiry. Here was a leader who asked questions, challenged ideas, and - perhaps most importantly - listened. Not once was I interrupted. As Ireland prepares to take on the EU Presidency, with an AI Summit on the horizon, I very much hope that patient experience - and how it intersects with AI - will be front and centre. This is where the real stakes are. I was honoured to give the Taoiseach a copy of my book Dr Bot (he previously had agreed to launch it which is a privilege in itself) but even more meaningful was the depth of the conversation. And to have my twin sister Catherine (@Blease) invited to join us made it all the more special. My sincere thanks as well to the advisors at Department of the Taoiseach, @GovIE including @MrPatMcP for making this possible. A remarkable experience, and truly one of the greatest honours of my career.

@crblease A nice article and I like the photo

Today is the publication anniversary of Pride & prejudice... To mark the occasion here are my top 5 medical memoirs where doctors become patients open.substack.com/pub/bleaseondr…

@crblease @Mayoclinicpress @mh_bernstein @the_pain_net This is an urgent and ultimately hopeful work, beautifully written, tackling one of the most important issues for all

💥Proud to behold the first hard copy of our book on Nocebo Effects 🏥Confident that patients & health professionals will find this Illuminating A massive thanks to our coauthors for their stellar contributions 🙏 @Mayoclinicpress @mh_bernstein @the_pain_net

@crblease @Mayoclinicpress @mh_bernstein @the_pain_net This is great.im.looking forward to your new book out in September

@crblease Well done

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@bmj_latest @crblease It is a good follow up to the JAMA article pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35119468/

@bmj_latest @crblease Great article.

Patients worldwide are increasingly being invited to access their full electronic health records online. Could this kind of access protect victims from medical negligence or intentional wrongdoing? @crblease bmj.com/content/379/bm…

@crblease The most exciting emerging thinkers of our age present their ideas. ACC

Proud to be included in this @PenguinUKBooks Instant Expert: 100 of the best ideas from New Generation Thinkers penguin.co.uk/books/445988/i… via @PenguinUKBooks

Sharing online clinical notes with patients: implications for nocebo effects and health equity New feature paper @JME_BMJ @myopennotes @MariaHagglund #placebo #nocebo #opennotes #patients jme.bmj.com/content/early/…

Sharing Clinical Notes—Potential Medical-Legal Benefits and Risks ja.ma/3glTHEz via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork With @CohenProf & Sharona Hoffman

@amalec @crblease If you read crbleases work you would know how she is and has been strongly advocating open notes to be introduced across the world.

Sharing notes with mental health patients New paper in @TheLancetPsych with @MariaHagglund @JohnTorousMD @myopennotes @cmd418 @TheLizArmy thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Prosecution continued: We are talking about these four defendants being those who are not interested in what that young woman wanted.... But that is not the modern world, that is not the rules of modern day society