Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
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Open Disclosure Resources

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 practice

The 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.