Patient guide to open disclosure
Coming soon!The Commission is developing a guide to help patients and their families if something has gone wrong in their health care.
Health service managers guide to open disclosure
Coming soon!The Commission is developing a guide to support health service managers practice open disclosure and implement it in their facility.
A factsheet and frequently asked questions about open disclosure
Answers to frequently asked questions about open disclosure are provided in the Open Disclosure Fact Sheet (PDF 300 KB).Education module on adverse events in general practice
Regaining trust after an adverse event - An education module on managing adverse events in general practiceThe Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care funded the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners to develop an adverse events education package to assist practice teams to respond and improve the capacity of the team to openly communicate with patients following an incident or adverse event.
Open Disclosure resources developed by the former Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care
The former Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care produced a suite of resources on Open Disclosure. Please note that these have not been updated since their publication in 2003.- Open Disclosure - Checklist for Multidisciplinary Team Discussion, High Level Incident (PDF 85 KB)
- Open Disclosure Standard: A National Standard for Open Communication in Public and Private Hospitals, Following an Adverse Event in Health Care (PDF 721 KB)
- Open Disclosure - Health Care Professionals Handbook (PDF 389 KB)
- Open Disclosure - Information Card (PDF 54 KB)
- Open Disclosure - Information for Patients (PDF 137 KB)
- Open Disclosure - Managers Handbook (PDF 444 KB)
- Open Disclosure - Organisational Readiness Assessment Tool (PDF 94 KB)
- Open Disclosure - Poster (PDF 136 KB)
- Open Disclosure - What is it about? - Poster 1 (PDF 145 KB)
- Open Disclosure - What is it about - Poster 2 (PDF 172 KB)
- Open Disclosure - Workshop Facilitators Handbook (PDF 288 KB)
