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EDITORIAL We’re Halfway There ANY VOICES ARE CALLING FOR OPEN AND starting to create an accepted and reasonable standard full disclosure of medical errors to pa- for high-quality disclosure, and they provide helpful and tients. First and foremost, patients specific suggestions to front-line staff. want to know when medical care goes The study also demonstrated a difference between dis- M wrong and causes them harm. Medi- closure of an error that parents were likely to know had cal ethicists, medical professional organizations, health occurred compared with one that was likely to be unap- care accreditation organizations, and hospitals are all de- parent to parents. Pediatricians were more likely to tell veloping policies and plans to support transparent dis- parents about the insulin overdose and to provide de- closure. However, physicians are still not certain about tails of what happened than they were to tell about the this new world in which they are expected to tell pa- overlooked laboratory test that could easily go unrecog- tients the details of errors. The article by Loren and col- nized by parents. As the authors point out, the Joint Com- leagues provides a glimpse into what pediatricians think mission on Accreditation of
JAMA Pediatrics – American Medical Association
Published: Oct 1, 2008
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