Not Disclosing Medical Errors

Disclosure of medical errors: physicians’ knowledge, …

https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-020-00513-2

In our study, physicians who had witnessed a past experience of their mentors disclosing errors to patients were more likely to do it themselves than those who did not recall a similar experience with their mentors (p-value = 0.008), which …

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 …

Medical errors: Honesty is the best policy

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/medical-errors-honesty-is-the-best-policy-2016100310405

How common are medical errors? Medical errors are, frankly, rampant. A recent study used data …

How to Disclose Medical Errors and Unanticipated …

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

The evening provider, pharmacist, and nurse caring for the patient all fail to notice the change in timing, and no antibiotics are administered. The following morning, the …

Ethical Dilemmas With Disclosing Medical Errors

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

Ethics: Ethical Issues with Medical Errors: Shaping a …

https://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-22-2017/No2-May-2017/Ethical-Issues-with-Medical-Errors.html

Medical errors are not typically caused by a negligent or incompetent healthcare professional. Instead they are often the result of a breakdown in processes …

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

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

Despite provider best efforts, medical error rates remain high with significant disability and death. Preventable medical errors contribute substantially to healthcare …

The Best Response to Medical Errors?

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

January 15, 2018. During an operation years ago to repair a damaged tendon in a photographer’s dominant hand, a member of the University of Michigan …

Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients – To …

https://blogs.jpmsonline.com/2014/07/15/disclosing-medical-errors-to-patients-to-do-or-not-to-do/

Error disclosure will increase patient’s anxiety and frustration and we will harm them instead of doing well. In critical circumstances, sometimes leaders prefer not to …

Non-disclosure of medical errors an egregious violation …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19652753/

Although most doctors believe that errors should be disclosed to patients when they occur, in reality, most doctors and institutions do not disclose such mishaps to patients and …