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Institutional disclosure: Promise and problems
Author(s) -
Wolk Seth W.,
Sine David M.,
Paull Douglas E.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of healthcare risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2040-0861
pISSN - 1074-4797
DOI - 10.1002/jhrm.21132
Subject(s) - harm , action (physics) , health care , public relations , business , psychology , political science , social psychology , law , physics , quantum mechanics
This study explores rationale for and barriers to the prompt and honest disclosure by healthcare organizations of care‐related un‐intended harm to patients. Although fear of legal action is frequently put forward as the reason that disclosure programs have been slow to be adopted by the medical community, social and nonjurisprudential explanations also pose challenges. This study identifies multiple facilitators and obstacles that transcend concerns about litigation and limit disclosure of adverse events that result in serious injury or death.