Scanning the Headlines: Disclosure

Updated on March 27, 2016

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Boodman, S. (2017, Mar. 15). Two Words Can Soothe Patients Who Have Been Harmed: We're Sorry. Kaiser Health News. Received from: http://khn.org/news/two-words-can-soothe-patients-who-have-been-harmed-were-sorry

Tan, Z. (2016, July 20). For surgeons, talking about adverse events can be difficult: Study. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from: http://khn.org/news/for-surgeons-talking-about-adverse-events-can-be-difficult-study/

(2016, May). Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Retrieved from: http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/index.html

(2016, Apr.). Implementation Guide for the CANDOR Process. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Retrieved from: http://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/candor-impguide.pdf

Anderson, J. Should Radiology Apologize? Practice Management. July 31, 2014. http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/practice-management/should-radiologists-apologize

Disclosing medical errors to patients: Effects of nonverbal involvement. Patient Education and Counseling. 94(3):310-313, Mar. 2014. http://www.pec-journal.com/article/S0738-3991(13)00506-5/abstract

Schiff G and others. Doing right by our patients when things go wrong in the ambulatory setting. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 40(2):91, Feb. 2014. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/jcaho/jcjqs/2014/00000040/00000002/art00005

Martinez W and others. Role-modeling and medical error disclosure: a national survey of trainees. Academic Medicine. Online first, Jan. 20, 2014. http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=9000&issue=00000&article=99183&type=abstract

Kachalia, A., Bates, D., and Youngson, G. Disclosing medical errors: views from the United States and the United Kingdom. Surgeon 12:64-72, 2014. http://www.thesurgeon.net/article/S1479-666X(13)00170-4/abstract [US view]; http://www.thesurgeon.net/article/S1479-666X(13)00156-X/abstract [UK view]

de Wit ME, and others. Supporting second victims of patient safety events: shouldn't these communications be covered by legal privilege? Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. 41:852-858, Winter 2013. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jlme.12095/abstract;jsessionid=09D05B59696A160BBB54F6DC00578449.f01t03

Tabler, Jr., N. Dealing with a medical mistake: Should physicians apologize to patients? Medical Economics. Nov. 10, 2013. http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/dealing-medical-mistake-should-physicians-apologize-patients

Gallagher, T., and others. Talking with patients about other clinicians' errors. New England Journal of Medicine. 369:1752-1757, Oct. 31, 2013. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb1303119

Lembitz, A. Litigation alternative: COPIC’s 3rs program. Disclosure and early reimbursement can deter medical liability lawsuits. New England Journal of Medicine. September 10, 2013. http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/sep10/managing7.asp

Rodak, S. 4 Tips to implement a transparent medical error disclosure policy. Becker’s Hospital Review. July 30, 2013. http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/4-tips-to-implement-a-transparent-medical-error-disclosure-policy.html

Petronio, S., and others. Disclosing medical mistakes: A communication management plan for physicians. The Permanente Journal. 17(2):73-79, Spring, 2013. http://www.thepermanentejournal.org/issues/2013/spring/5114-communication-for-physicians.html

Stroud, L., and others. Teaching medical error disclosure to physicians in training a scoping review. Academic Medicine. Apr. 24, 2013. http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=9000&issue=00000&article=99403&type=abstract

Boothman, R., and Hoyler, M.M. University of Michigan’s early disclosure and offer program. The Bulletin. March 2, 2013. http://bulletin.facs.org/2013/03/michigans-early-disclosure

Leadership Response to a Sentinel Event: Respectful, Effective Crisis Management. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Feb. 22, 2013. http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/LeadershipResponseSentinelEventEffectiveCrisisMgmt.aspx

Seaman, A. Patients and their families are rarely told when hospitals make mistakes with their medicines, according to a new study. Reuters Health, Jan. 11, 2013. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/11/us-patients-medication-errors-idUSBRE90A16020130111

Schwartz JC. A dose of reality for medical malpractice reform. NYU Law Revew. 88:1224-1307, 2013. http://www.nyulawreview.org/sites/default/files/pdf/NYULawReview-88-4-Schwartz.pdf

Amori, G. Disclosure of Unanticipated Events in 2013 Prologue to the Re-Release of the Three ASHRM Disclosure Monographs. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association. 2013. http://www.ashrm.org/ashrm/education/development/monographs/Disclosure-of-Unanticipated-Events-in-2013_Prologue.pdf