Disclosure of Adverse Events: A Guide for Clinicians.

Introduction: Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) acknowledged a recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics to develop education programs on the communication of adverse events with patients and families. SPS set out to create a guide that would outline a standardized disclosure process and provide a training curriculum and tools so that providers would feel better prepared to have effective disclosure conversations.

Methods: SPS disclosure work began with the development of a project team made up of 9 network hospitals.