Open disclosure of adverse events: transparency and safety in health care.

Abstract

Many patients suffering adverse events in health care turn to the legal system to learn what happened to them and to seek compensation.

Health care providers have ethical, professional, and legal duties to disclose the harmful effects of care to the patient, regardless of how small the risk.

The purpose of open disclosure is to explain what happened to the patient and to seek a just outcome for patient and provider.

This article explores our experience of managing and implementing an open disclosure program in an acute and chronic tertiary care facility with university affiliation in the Veterans Health Administration.

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Temas

• Hospitales De Veteranos
• Humanos
• Kentucky
• Errores Medicos
• Patient Safety
• Relaciones Profesional-familia
• Relaciones Profesional-paciente
• Administracion De La Seguridad
• Revelacion De La Verdad

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Autores

• Aaliyah Eaves-Leanos
• Edward J Dunn

Fecha de publicación

2012-01-24

Revista

Temas de la revista

• General Surgery

Idioma

Eng.

Copyright

Lexington VA Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA.

Referencia de entrega

Surg Clin North Am. 2012 Feb;92(1):163-77

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