Disclosing Medical Mistakes

Disclosing Harmful Medical Errors to Patients | NEJM

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra070568

In a recent survey in Canada and the United States, physicians generally endorsed the importance of disclosing harmful errors to patients. 22 External pressures for disclosure, coupled with...

Disclosure of Errors | PSNet

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/disclosure-errors

Error Reporting and Disclosure - Patient Safety and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2652/

Disclosure can avert patients seeking another physician and can improve patient satisfaction, trust, and positive emotional response to an error, as well as decrease …

The Best Response to Medical Errors?

https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/best-response-medical-errors-transparency

Teaching physicians to disclose and resolve. In 2006, Harvard’s teaching hospitals adopted a policy on responding to …

How to Disclose Medical Errors and Unanticipated …

https://accelerate.uofuhealth.utah.edu/improvement/how-to-disclose-medical-errors-and-unanticipated-outcomes

When a medical error occurs, every provider needs to know how to share this information with patients and families. Timely and clear disclosure builds trust and …

Ethical Dilemmas With Disclosing Medical Errors

https://www.norcal-group.com/library/ethical-dilemmas-with-disclosing-medical-errors

Disclosure of medical errors to patients involves the principle of autonomy. As Jonsen confirms, “A fundamental duty of respect for [other people] dictates apology be …

Disclosing Medical Errors – How To Do It Right

https://medicaljustice.com/disclosing-medical-errors/

In summary: Disclosure of your own errors is a duty to your patient and carries several valuable liability-limiting aspects, but it can also put you in an …

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29763131/

A lack of standardized nomenclature and overlapping definitions of medical errors has hindered data analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. There are two major types …

When something goes wrong: how to …

https://www.myamericannurse.com/when-something-goes-wrong-how-to-disclose-an-error/

Disclosing an adverse event is a difficult and fearful event for healthcare providers. Nonetheless, disclosure of errors is required per professional, legal and regulatory standards. For …

Disclosing medical mistakes: a communication …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23704848/

Introduction: There is a growing consensus that disclosure of medical mistakes is ethically and legally appropriate, but such disclosures are made difficult by …