John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Advocacy: the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Steve S. Kraman; Linda Cranfill; Ginny Hamm; Toni Woodard

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John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Advocacy: the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

March 27, 2005

Kraman SS, Cranfill L, Hamm G, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2002;28(12):646-50.

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The development of an institutional disclosure policy is discussed. The process was first presented to the patient safety community in 1999.

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