Dr. Bell is director of patient safety and discovery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s OpenNotes, a patient-facing information sharing platform. She is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. She has pioneered research in open notes and diagnostic safety, including the development of the “OurDX” diagnostic engagement tool. Dr. Bell has trained over 1,000 clinicians in disclosure practices and co-developed metrics to evaluate speaking-up climates in healthcare. Her research has earned national awards and shaped patient safety policy at Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Quality Forum and beyond. A sought-after mentor and speaker, she also co-directs The Transparency CoLAB, which fosters collaborations between Harvard and Stanford medical schools.
