Podcast: Can Medicine Win the War on Misinformation?
Geeta Nayyar, M.D., M.B.A., joins Dean Ford to break down how false health narratives spread and what clinicians and health leaders must do to rebuild trust.
The newest episode of “Inside U Miami Medicine” addresses one the most urgent challenges facing health care today: the growing surge of medical misinformation.
This week, physician and digital health expert Geeta Nayyar, M.D., M.B.A., author of “Dead Wrong: Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare’s Misinformation Illness,” joins University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Dean and Chief Academic Officer Henri R. Ford, M.D., M.H.A., to break down how false health narratives spread, why they’re so hard to combat and what clinicians and health leaders must do to rebuild trust.
From exam-room conversations to system-wide strategy, Dr. Nayyar lays out a practical roadmap for addressing misinformation before it harms patients, reputations and outcomes. She also shares why clear communication, not just clinical expertise, is now a critical skill for every provider.
Key themes she explores in the episode include:
• Building trust locally: The exam room remains the most powerful place to counter misinformation, but only if clinicians speak up.
• Silence is not neutral: When providers hesitate to correct falsehoods, misinformation fills the void.
• Communication is a clinical skill: Clear, empathetic dialogue is essential for rebuilding the trust patients have lost in institutions and systems.
• Systems matter: Addressing misinformation requires coordinated efforts across organizations, from quality measures to patient engagement strategies to partnerships in the community.
Dr. Nayyar also gives her take on AI’s role in the future of care and why technology should never get between clinicians and the patients who rely on them.
Listen now for a solutions-focused discussion about one of medicine’s biggest challenges and biggest opportunities.
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