Rapid learning of adverse medical event disclosure and apology.
Raemer D, Locke S, Walzer TB, et al. Rapid Learning of Adverse Medical Event Disclosure and Apology. J Patient Saf. 2016;12(3):140-7. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000080.
Obstetricians and labor nurses who were given a best practices guideline performed better in a standardized disclosure-and-apology discussion simulation than colleagues who were provided as much time as they thought was needed to prepare. Similar cognitive aids may help clinicians faced with disclosing adverse events to patients.