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New Approaches to Transparency
Timothy B McDonald, MD JD Professor, Anesthesiology and Pediatrics University of Illinois College of Medicine
Chief Safety and Risk Officer for Health Affairs University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
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Quality Colloquium “Communication” Boot Camp Faculty
Rick Boothman JD, University of MichiganBill Sage MD JD, University of TexasTom Gallagher MD, University of WashingtonMichelle Mello JD PhD, Harvard SPHAlan Lembitz MD, COPICJeff Driver JD, StanfordAlan Woodward MD, MMSKen Sands MD, Beth IsraelJanet Cohn JD, NYSDPHChristine McCoy JD, Ascension HealthTim McDonald MD JD, University of Illinois
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Some more background
Institute of Medicine:1999 report that shook the medical world
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Some more background
Institute of Medicine:1999 report that shook the medical world
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Some more background
Institute of Medicine:1999 report that shook the medical world
Making Matters Worse
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February 2012, Volume 31, Issue 2
Part of the issue
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Impact on the medical malpractice community
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Extreme Honesty and TransparencyBarriers Benefits
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Extreme Honesty and TransparencyBarriers
FearsLitigationNational Practitioner Data BankShame, blameReputationLack of skillsLack of process
BenefitsLearningImprovingLess litigationLower costsIntegrityMoraleHealing
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Bottom linePatient Safety benefits far outweigh risks.
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A Comprehensive Response to Patient Incidents: The Seven Pillars. McDonald et al Quality and Safety in Health Care, Jan 2010
ReportingInvestigationCommunicationApology with remediation – including waiver of hospital and professional feesProcess and performance improvementData tracking and analysisEducation – of the entire process
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Goals of the Seven PillarsReduce harm thru transparency and learningReduce lawsuits through early, effective communication with all partiesResolve inappropriate care cases early, efficientlyDefend appropriate care vigorouslySupport patient and family engagementSupport care professionals following harm events
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The Original Seven Pillars: A Comprehensive Approach to the Prevention and
Response to Patient Events
Unexpected Event reported toSafety/Risk Management
Patient Harm?
Consider “Second Patient”Error Investigation
Hold bills
InappropriateCare?
Full Disclosure with Rapid Apology and Remedy
Process Improvement
Data Base
Yes
Yes
No
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What’s wrong with this picture?????
Unexpected Event reported toSafety/Risk Management
Patient Harm?
Consider “Second Patient”Error Investigation
Hold bills
InappropriateCare?
Full Disclosure with Rapid Apology and Remedy
Process Improvement
Data Base
Yes
Yes
No
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After Patient and Family Engagement in Telluride 2006
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The Seven Pillars: A Comprehensive Approach to the Prevention and
Response to Patient Events
Unexpected Event reported toSafety/Risk Management
Patient Harm?
Consider “Second Patient”Error Investigation
Hold bills
InappropriateCare?
Full Disclosure with Rapid Apology and Remedy
Process Improvement
Data Base
PatientCommunicationConsult Service
24/7Immediately
Available
Yes
Yes
No
No
“Near misses”
Activation of Crisis Management Team –
emotional first aid
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You cannot fix what you do not know about
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Challenges to reportingOvercoming fears
Shame and blameAngering supervisors, co-workersProgram punishment
Establishing relevanceReporter apathy – No feedback
Health system – no QI feedback for reporterIndividual – no learning for reporting
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Addressing the challengesProvide method for safe, confidential reportingEnsure non-retribution to reportersProvide immediate educational feedback to learner (experiential – foundational and customized)Provide regular aggregated, de-identified educational feedback to hospitals, programs, reportersLink to quality and safety process improvementsAlso focus on important learner specific issues such as fatigue, supervision, hand-offs, professionalism.
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ReportingReporting established as an expectation and part of Core Competency assessment
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Resident physician occurrence reporting data Journal of Graduate Medical Education, June 2010
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Event data
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The Seven Pillars: A Comprehensive Approach to the Prevention and
Response to Patient Events
Unexpected Event reported toSafety/Risk Management
Patient Harm?
Consider “Second Patient”Error Investigation
Hold bills
InappropriateCare?
Full Disclosure with Rapid Apology and Remedy
Process Improvement
Data Base
PatientCommunicationConsult Service
24/7Immediately
Available
Yes
Yes
No
No
“Near misses”
Activation of Crisis Management Team –
emotional first aid
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Peer to peer support: for physicians by physicians
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The Seven Pillars: A Comprehensive Approach to the Prevention and
Response to Patient Events
Unexpected Event reported toSafety/Risk Management
Patient Harm?
Consider “Second Patient”Error Investigation
Hold bills
InappropriateCare?
Full Disclosure with Rapid Apology and Remedy
Process Improvement
Data Base
PatientCommunicationConsult Service
24/7Immediately
Available
Yes
Yes
No
No
“Near misses”
Activation of Crisis Management Team –
emotional first aid
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Pillar 2 - investigationWhat happened and why?
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Human Factors Input
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The Seven Pillars: A Comprehensive Approach to the Prevention and
Response to Patient Events
Unexpected Event reported toSafety/Risk Management
Patient Harm?
Consider “Second Patient”Error Investigation
Hold bills
InappropriateCare?
Full Disclosure with Rapid Apology and Remedy
Process Improvement
Data Base
PatientCommunicationConsult Service
24/7Immediately
Available
Yes
Yes
No
No
“Near misses”
Activation of Crisis Management Team –
emotional first aid
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CommunicationTimelyEffectiveCoordinatedOngoingEngagement of highly competent communicators – case exampleJust in time supportInterdisciplinary
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Creating a communication consult service
Communications assessment toolMeasures emotional intelligenceAssesses cognitive complexityIdentifies highly skilled communicators in complex social situationsBalances out the “special colleague” issue
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Individual Differences in Communication Competence
Some people are more skillful communicators than others.Some communication tasks/situations are much more difficult than others
Easy: describe your apartmentHard: disclose a medical error to a grieving family
Differences in skill most visible in hard situations
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One hospital’s data
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The Seven Pillars: A Comprehensive Approach to the Prevention and
Response to Patient Events
Unexpected Event reported toSafety/Risk Management
Patient Harm?
Consider “Second Patient”Error Investigation
Hold bills
InappropriateCare?
Full Disclosure with Rapid Apology and Remedy
Process Improvement
Data Base
PatientCommunicationConsult Service
24/7Immediately
Available
Yes
Yes
No
No
“Near misses”
Activation of Crisis Management Team –
emotional first aid
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Elements of resolution/remediation• Patient Safety Compensation Card – given to
patients if harm caused by inappropriate care, serves as their ongoing “insurance card”
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Putting it all together
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October 7, 2011
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Another communicating openly and resolving early
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October 7, 2011
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Pillar 6 - data
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Other stakeholder buy-in prior to grantMedical SocietiesProfessional liability companies – hospital and physicianHospital AssociationLegal groupsConsumers Advancing Patient SafetyProject Patient CareIndividual hospital boards, medical staffs
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AHRQ Grant10 private hospitals, self insuredOpen medical staffs, private professional liability coverage7 from faith-based system2 from a “for profit”1 underserved inner cityMost with resident physicians
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Next stepsAHRQ Task Order
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Next steps to new approachesAHRQ Task OrderCreate comprehensive set of validated and tested tools to facilitate the implementation of the Seven Pillars across all hospitals
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Next steps to new approachesAHRQ Task OrderCreate comprehensive set of validated and tested tools to facilitate the implementation of the Seven Pillars across all hospitalsAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality announcement soon
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