New Open Disclosure Framework for health services
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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQH) has published a new Australian Open Disclosure Framework, a tool for communicated unexpected health outcomes and harm.
The framework provides a nationally consistent basis for communicating with consumers, carers and loved ones. It serves as a revision to the previous Open Disclosure Framework published in 2014.
The Framework is endorsed by multiple medical colleges, including the Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).
I encourage all clinicians and healthcare administrators to review this new Framework to ensure that communication with carers and consumers is respectful, transparent and ethically sound.
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Dr Nathan Gibson
Chief Psychiatrist of Western Australia