Stigma shows up in electronic medical record (EMR) notes, decisions, and outcomes. Drs. DiRocco and Tong talk with Dr. Alena Balasanova, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, about how language in medical records shapes care, how a scalable tech nudge can clean up documentation, and which education strategies actually shift clinician behavior. The episode closes with three practical steps listeners can implement immediately.
AMA’s “Language Matters”: end-overdose-epidemic.org/wp-content/u…mplate-1.pdf
