Disclosure
Tools
The following tools - templates, manuals and policies, have been recommended by our members, faculty or partners.
- Johns Hopkins University. Bloomberg School of Public Health. Version 1.1. Produced in 2004. Cost about $100.
- Draft National Guidelines for the Disclosure of Adverse Events. Canadian Patient Safety Institute. 2007.
Examples from the Field
The following presentations and stories demonstrate what can happen when these tools and evidence are put into practice.
- Majewski, Cynthia, Jutta Schafler-Argao and Cyrelle Muskat. Dialogue on Disclosure: Presenting two Ontario Initiatives on Discolored of Unanticipated Adverse Outcomes. Presented at the QHN Fall Forum 2004.
http://www.qhn.ca/pdfs/disclosurecynthia.pdf - Muskat, Cyrelle. Project Analyst, Patient Safety in Ontario: An Overview of Critical Incident Review and Disclosure Polices in Selected Ontario Teaching Hospitals. Ontario Hospital Association (OHA). Presented at the QHN Fall Forum 2004.
http://www.qhn.ca/pdfs/OHA.pdf - Stevens, Polly. Disclosure: Measures of Success. Hospital for Sick Children. Presented at the QHN Winter Forum 2004.
http://www.qhn.ca/pdfs/Pollystevensdisclosure.pdf - William D.T. and Anna Marrison. Disclosure of Adverse Events: the Legal Responsibilities. Health Law Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. May 5, 2003.
http://www.qhn.ca/pdfs/Disclosure_adverse_events.pdf - Kaplow, Marilyn. Disclosure of Adverse Events. McGill University Health Centre Province of Quebec. Presented at the QHN Open House Writing the Equation for Risk and Quality Management: Making Health Care Safer 2003.
http://www.qhn.ca/pdfs/Ottawa%20Presentation%201%20-%20Marilyn%20Kaplow.pdf - Hebert, Philip (MD). Disclosure: A Beacon in the Storm. Sunnybrook and Women's Health Sciences Centre. Presented at the QHN Fall Forum 2003.
http://www.qhn.ca/pdfs/hebert.pdf - Davidson, Simon (MD) and Susan Richardson. Dare To Tell it All. CHEO. Presented at the QHN Fall Forum 2003.
http://www.qhn.ca/pdfs/cheopresentation.pdf - Kaplow, Marilyn. Disclosure: From Theory to Practice. McGill University Health Centre. Presented at the QHN Fall Forum 2003.
http://www.qhn.ca/pdfs/Kaplow.pdf - Lauzon, Debbie. Disclosure: Setting the Stage. The Credit Valley Hospital. Presented at the QHN Fall Forum 2003.
http://www.qhn.ca/pdfs/Lauzon.pdf
Literature
The following evidence has been gathered for your information.
- Bill 113. (2002, chapter 71). An Act to amend the Act respecting health services and social services as regards the safe provision of health services and social services
- Norton, Peter. Making Sense of the Research: Setting Practical Directions Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary. Presented at the QHN Fall Forum 2004.
- Baker, G. Ross, Peter G. Norton, Virginia Flintoft, Régis Blais, Adalsteinn Brown, Jafna Cox, Ed Etchells, William A. Ghali, Philip Hébert, Sumit R. Majumdar, Maeve O'Beirne, Luz Palacios-Derflingher, Robert J. Reid, Sam Sheps, and Robyn Tamblyn.
The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada
Can. Med. Assoc. J., May 2004; 170: 1678 - 1686.
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