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The newly disclosed errors did not affect power supply, but they did nothing to improve the company's reputation for reliability in a different area.
In reply to the question: "Have you ever disclosed a medical error to a patient?", 50% of the medical staff said they had never disclosed an error to a patient, 22% said they had but only because the patients themselves had asked them to explain what happened, while 11% and 17% stated that they disclosed errors in cases of mild injury and serious injury respectively.
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Health workers often do not disclose errors, however, for fear they could be sued or fired.
A gap exists between recommendations to disclose errors to patients and current practice.
Hospitals have also found that disclosing errors to patients and offering early settlements reduces the costs and frequency of litigation.
In fact, even if you can afford to pay the bill, a careful review is a good idea, if only to disclose errors and excesses that drive up the cost of medical care for all of us.
To ensure safer health care, doctors-in-training need time to reflect on their actions, a sense of community with colleagues and other health care workers, and the support to engage freely in disclosing errors.
The White House has indicated that it favors projects that would encourage doctors to disclose errors early and apologize, and those that would require a suing patient to get a certificate from a panel of experts attesting that the suit had merit.
According to our PTs, disclosing errors mainly results in a positive outcome.
Even though the therapists themselves expected a difference, they rather unanimously favoured disclosing errors.
Nearly all of the interviewed PTs emphasized their positive experiences in disclosing errors to their patients.
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