The Public Interest Committee of the American Health Lawyers Association has published a free resource that provides guidance for healthcare practitioners and healthcare organizations when a serious clinical adverse event occurs.
The resource outlines four areas of consideration regarding the disclosure of serious adverse events:
1. Pre-disclosure considerations
2. Mandatory disclosures
3. Disclosure to patient and/or patient's family
4. Voluntary disclosures to accrediting bodies, media or other third parties
To view this resource in full, click here.
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The resource outlines four areas of consideration regarding the disclosure of serious adverse events:
1. Pre-disclosure considerations
2. Mandatory disclosures
3. Disclosure to patient and/or patient's family
4. Voluntary disclosures to accrediting bodies, media or other third parties
To view this resource in full, click here.
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