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DISCLOSURE WITH ADVERSE OUTCOMES
AAOS Ethics Committee
Kyle J. Jeray, MD
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Objectives
• Define a medical error
• Identify disclosure obligations to patient and family
• Identify responsible parties relating to disclosure
• What is the purpose of an apology and why do they sometimes fail?
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40,000 Americans die every year because of medical errors.
How do we define an error?
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Errors
Acts
Omissions
May or may not result in harm/undesired outcomes
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Case 1
A 56 year-old undergoes a lumbar spinal fusion
and during the case a pedicle screw is placed into the vertebral foramen. Stockbyte/Thinkstock.com
It is recognized and changed during the case. Postoperatively the patient has a foot drop.
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What is the responsibility of the attending surgeon?
What is the responsibility of the resident physician?
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Do you apologize?
What constitutes a successful apology?
Why do apologies fail?
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What are the ethical issues?
What are the practical issues?
Altered lifestyle? Bracing? Future surgery? Etc.
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Who is responsible for increased cost?
What are the medicolegal issues?
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What if the resident was left to close the wound and a sponge is left in the patient that is recognized on a post-op film Stockbyte/Thinkstock.com
in the office at 2 weeks?
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Is there a change in responsibility?
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Case 2
During a routine decompression
for a herniated disc, the surgeon inadvertently tears the dura. Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock.com It is a small tear easily
repaired and does not change the post op course.
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Is this error different?
Does the surgeon have a responsibility to disclose?
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Case 3Your office nurse calls you about a post-op wound that looks infected, and you ask him to begin antibiotics. The nurse writes a iStockphoto/Thinkstock.com
prescription for a sulfonamide antibiotic. The patient gets it filled and did not
recognize that he is allergic to the medicine as he has a documented sulfa allergy. He ends up in the ER, is treated, released, and changed to an appropriate antibiotic.
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What is the responsibility of:
The physician?
The medical system (i.e. pharmacist)?
The nurse?
The patient?
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Summary
The decision to admit or acknowledge an error should be based on ethical guidelines.
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Disclosure is often difficult, but failure to do so can damage credibility and compromise integrity destroying the physician-patient relationship.
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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Communicating Adverse Events or Poor Outcomes, Information Statement 1028. Adopted 2004, revised 2011.http://www.aaos.org/about/papers/advistmt/1028.asp
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