Sigall K. Bell

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Sigall K. Bell is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pharmacy and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sigall K. Bell has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in General Health Professions, 31 papers in Pharmacy and 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Sigall K. Bell's work include Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (30 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (29 papers) and Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (28 papers). Sigall K. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (30 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (29 papers) and Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (28 papers). Sigall K. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Sigall K. Bell's co-authors include Tom Delbanco, Jan Walker, Suzanne G. Leveille, Alan Fossa, Catherine M. DesRoches, Joann G. Elmore, Elizabeth Gaufberg, Eric J. Thomas, R. Warren Sands and Maren Batalden and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Sigall K. Bell

100 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Inviting Patients to Read Their Doctors' Notes: A Quasi-experimental Study and a Look Ahead

2012 491 citations Tom Delbanco, Jan Walker et al. profile →
OpenNotes After 7 Years: Patient Experiences With Ongoing Access to Their Clinicians’ Outpatient Visit Notes

2019 197 citations Jan Walker, Suzanne G. Leveille et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Patients and families reading their discharge summaries: A cross‐sectional analysis of benefits, concerns, and implications 2025 ·Journal of Hospital Medicine ·Catherine M. DesRoches, Shoshana J. Herzig, Zhiyong Dong, Fabienne Bourgeois, (unknown), (unknown), Sigall K. Bell	1
2	Diagnostic scope: the AI can’t see what the mind doesn’t know 2024 ·Diagnosis ·Gary E. Weissman, Laura Zwaan, Sigall K. Bell	1
3	Bringing team science to the ambulatory diagnostic process: how do patients and clinicians develop shared mental models? 2024 ·Diagnosis ·(unknown), Eric J. Thomas, (unknown), Scott I. Tannenbaum, Eduardo Salas, Sigall K. Bell	0
4	Patient and family contributions to improve the diagnostic process through the OurDX electronic health record tool: a mixed method analysis 2023 ·BMJ Quality & Safety ·Sigall K. Bell, Kendall Harcourt, (unknown), Catherine M. DesRoches, (unknown), Stephen K. Liu, Long Ngo, Eric J. Thomas, Fabienne Bourgeois	3
5	What’s going well: a qualitative analysis of positive patient and family feedback in the context of the diagnostic process 2023 ·Diagnosis ·Stephen K. Liu, Fabienne Bourgeois, (unknown), Kendall Harcourt, Elizabeth Lowe, Liz Salmi, Eric J. Thomas, Natalie Riblet, Sigall K. Bell	1
6	A Patient-Centered Approach to Writing Ambulatory Visit Notes in the Cures Act Era 2023 ·Applied Clinical Informatics ·Barbara D. Lam, (unknown), Macda Gerard, Sigall K. Bell	1
7	Partnering with Patients and Families to Improve Diagnostic Safety through the OurDX Tool: Effects of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Preference 2023 ·Applied Clinical Informatics ·Fabienne Bourgeois, (unknown), Zhiyong Dong, Long Ngo, Catherine M. DesRoches, Eric J. Thomas, Sigall K. Bell	0
8	Patient Identification of Diagnostic Safety Blindspots and Participation in “Good Catches” Through Shared Visit Notes 2022 ·Milbank Quarterly ·Sigall K. Bell, Fabienne Bourgeois, (unknown), Alex Gillespie, Long Ngo, Tom W. Reader, Eric J. Thomas, Catherine M. DesRoches	19
9	Filling a gap in safety metrics: development of a patient-centred framework to identify and categorise patient-reported breakdowns related to the diagnostic process in ambulatory care 2021 ·BMJ Quality & Safety ·Sigall K. Bell, Fabienne Bourgeois, Catherine M. DesRoches, (unknown), Kendall Harcourt, Stephen K. Liu, Elizabeth Lowe, (unknown), Long Ngo, (unknown), James D. Ralston, Liz Salmi, (unknown), Sue Sheridan, Lauge Sokol‐Hessner, (unknown), Eric J. Thomas	30
10	OpenNotes After 7 Years: Patient Experiences With Ongoing Access to Their Clinicians’ Outpatient Visit Notes breakdown → 2019 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Jan Walker, Suzanne G. Leveille, Sigall K. Bell, Hannah Chimowitz, Zhiyong Dong, Joann G. Elmore, Leonor Fernández, Alan Fossa, Macda Gerard, Patricia Fitzgerald, Kendall Harcourt, Sara L. Jackson, Thomas H. Payne, Jocelyn Pérez, Hannah Shucard, Rebecca Stametz, Catherine M. DesRoches, Tom Delbanco	197
11	Patients as diagnostic collaborators: sharing visit notes to promote accuracy and safety 2019 ·Diagnosis ·Charlotte Blease, Sigall K. Bell	23
12	Erosion of Digital Professionalism During Medical Students’ Core Clinical Clerkships 2017 ·JMIR Medical Education ·Arash Mostaghimi, Aleksandra E. Olszewski, Sigall K. Bell, (unknown), Bradley H. Crotty	28
13	Clinician Perspectives on an Electronic Portal to Improve Communication with Patients and Families in the Intensive Care Unit 2016 ·Annals of the American Thoracic Society ·Sigall K. Bell, Stephanie D. Roche, Anna Johansson, Kristin O’Reilly, (unknown), Kenneth Sands, Daniel Talmor, Samuel M. Brown	12
14	When Patients Teach 2016 ·Academic Medicine ·Sigall K. Bell, Stanley R. Vance	3
15	Preferences of Current and Potential Patients and Family Members Regarding Implementation of Electronic Communication Portals in Intensive Care Units 2015 ·Annals of the American Thoracic Society ·Samuel M. Brown, Sigall K. Bell, Stephanie D. Roche, (unknown), Ariel Mueller, Tae-Eun Kim, Kristin O’Reilly, Barbara Sarnoff Lee, (unknown), Daniel Talmor	18
16	Connecting Patients and Clinicians: The Anticipated Effects of Open Notes on Patient Safety and Quality of Care 2015 ·The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety ·Sigall K. Bell, Patricia Folcarelli, Melissa Anselmo, Bradley H. Crotty, (unknown), Jan Walker	42
17	Opening Residents’ Notes to Patients 2015 ·Academic Medicine ·Bradley H. Crotty, Melissa Anselmo, Deserae Clarke, (unknown), (unknown), Jamie A. Green, Suzanne G. Leveille, Roanne Mejilla, Rebecca Stametz, Michelle Thompson, Jan Walker, Sigall K. Bell	17
18	Disclosure, Apology, and Offer Programs: Stakeholders’ Views of Barriers to and Strategies for Broad Implementation 2012 ·Milbank Quarterly ·Sigall K. Bell, Peter B. Smulowitz, Alan C. Woodward, Michelle M. Mello, (unknown), Richard C. Boothman, Kenneth Sands	47
19	Clinical Management of Acute HIV Infection: Best Practice Remains Unknown 2010 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Sigall K. Bell, Susan J. Little, Eric Rosenberg	32
20	The Teachable Moment 2010 ·Academic Medicine ·Sigall K. Bell, Alexander S. Misono	4

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