Health Lawyers Publish Adverse Event Disclosure Checklist

From the Law Med Blog:

The American Health Lawyers Association is the nation’s largest, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field, and they have published a comprehensive checklist for use when dealing with and disclosing a Serious Clinical Adverse Event (SCAE). It covers:

• Pre-disclosure Considerations
• Mandatory Disclosures
• Disclosure to Patient and/or Patient’s Family
• Voluntary Disclosures to Accrediting Bodies, the Media or Other Third Parties