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| THOMAS HENRY GALLAGHERSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Patients' and physicians' attitudes regarding the disclosure of medical errorsThomas H Gallagher
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356178, Seattle, WA 98195 0001, USA
JAMA 289:1001-7. 2003..Disclosure of errors to patients is desired by patients and recommended by ethicists and professional organizations, but little is known about how patients and physicians think medical errors should be discussed...
Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients: tackling three tough casesThomas H Gallagher
Department of Medicine, Thomas University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Chest 136:897-903. 2009..Continued discussion within the medical profession about applying disclosure principles to real-world cases can help to better meet patients' and families' needs following medical errors...
Disclosing harmful mammography errors to patientsThomas H Gallagher
Department of Medicine, and Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, 4311 11th Ave NE, Suite 230, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Radiology 253:443-52. 2009..To assess radiologists' attitudes about disclosing errors to patients by using a survey with a vignette involving an error interpreting a patient's mammogram, leading to a delayed cancer diagnosis...- A 62-year-old woman with skin cancer who experienced wrong-site surgery: review of medical errorThomas H Gallagher
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
JAMA 302:669-77. 2009.... - Disclosing harmful medical errors to patientsThomas H Gallagher
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105-4608, USA
N Engl J Med 356:2713-9. 2007 - US and Canadian physicians' attitudes and experiences regarding disclosing errors to patientsThomas H Gallagher
Departments of Medicine and Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington School of Medicine, 4311 11th Avenue NW, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1605-11. 2006..Yet, little is known about the malpractice environment's actual effect on physicians' error disclosure attitudes and experiences... - Choosing your words carefully: how physicians would disclose harmful medical errors to patientsThomas H Gallagher
Departments of Medicine and Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington School of Medicine, 4311 11th Avenue NW, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1585-93. 2006..Little is known about how physicians approach disclosure. The objective of the present study was to describe how physicians disclose errors to patients... - Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients: a time for professional actionThomas H Gallagher
University of Washington School of Medicine, 4311 11th Ave NE, Suite 230, Campus Box 354981, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:1819-24. 2005 - A prescription for protecting the doctor-patient relationshipThomas H Gallagher
University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 356178, Seattle, WA 98195 6178, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:61-8. 2004..These measures will help restore the essential element of superb healthcare: a strong doctor-patient relationship... - Medical errors in the outpatient setting: ethics in practiceThomas H Gallagher
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Clin Ethics 13:291-300. 2002 - Development and implementation of a Clerkship Counseling HotlineThomas H Gallagher
Department of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Teach Learn Med 17:80-4. 2005..The 3rd year of medical school is stressful, yet students may hesitate to access their school's mental health services... - The attitudes and experiences of trainees regarding disclosing medical errors to patientsAndrew A White
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98105 4608, USA
Acad Med 83:250-6. 2008..To measure trainees' attitudes and experiences regarding medical error and error disclosure... - Patient-provider discussions about conflicts of interest in managed care: physicians' perceptionsRita Gorawara-Bhat
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Ill, USA
Am J Manag Care 9:564-71. 2003..Physicians should be alert to patients' implicit expressions of concern about conflicts of interest, and practice communication techniques for responding to these concerns effectively... - Reporting and disclosing medical errors: pediatricians' attitudes and behaviorsJane Garbutt
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:179-85. 2007..To characterize pediatricians' attitudes and experiences regarding communicating about errors with the hospital and patients' families... - Sharing data and experience: using the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) "moral community" to improve research ethics consultationMaureen Kelley
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Am J Bioeth 8:37-9; discussion W4-6. 2008 - Medical error disclosure among pediatricians: choosing carefully what we might say to parentsDavid J Loren
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:922-7. 2008..To determine whether and how pediatricians would disclose serious medical errors to parents... - Disclosing errors to patients: perspectives of registered nursesSarah E Shannon
School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 35:5-12. 2009..This study explored nurses' perspectives on disclosure of errors to patients and the organizational factors that influence disclosure... - Lost opportunities: how physicians communicate about medical errorsJane Garbutt
Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:246-55. 2008..Efforts to promote error reporting might not reach their potential unless physicians become more effectively engaged in reporting errors at their institutions... - Using focus groups to understand physicians' and nurses' perspectives on error reporting in hospitalsDonna B Jeffe
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Saf 30:471-9. 2004..To increase error reporting, a better understanding of physicians' and nurses' perspectives regarding medical error reporting in hospitals, barriers to reporting, and possible ways to increase reporting is necessary... - Interprofessional initiatives at the University of WashingtonPeggy S Odegard
School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Am J Pharm Educ 73:63. 2009..In this manuscript, we will describe the Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, and highlight key projects that serve as examples of pharmacy involvement in interprofessional education, research, and service... - Risk managers, physicians, and disclosure of harmful medical errorsDavid J Loren
Division of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 36:101-8. 2010..Physicians are encouraged to disclose medical errors to patients, which often requires close collaboration between physicians and risk managers... - The flaws in state 'apology' and 'disclosure' laws dilute their intended impact on malpractice suitsAnna C Mastroianni
University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1611-9. 2010..These may actually discourage comprehensive disclosures and apologies and weaken the laws' impact on malpractice suits. Many could be resolved by improved statutory design and communication of new legal requirements and protections... - The emotional impact of medical errors on practicing physicians in the United States and CanadaAmy D Waterman
Department of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 33:467-76. 2007..Being involved in medical errors can compound the job-related stress many physicians experience. The impact of errors on physicians was examined... - Predictors of radiologists' perceived risk of malpractice lawsuits in breast imagingJohn F Dick
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 192:327-33. 2009..Our objective was to examine radiologists' reported experiences and perceptions of future lawsuit risk and explore personal and professional factors that may be associated with elevated perceptions of risk... - Patient-centered discussions about prostate cancer screening: a real-world approachBarak Gaster
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:661-5. 2010..Although there is no way to make these discussions simple, this streamlined strategy can help patients and providers efficiently negotiate the complex and important decision of screening for prostate cancer... - Brief report: Hospitalized patients' attitudes about and participation in error preventionAmy D Waterman
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:367-70. 2006.... - Disclosing medical errors to patients: a status report in 2007Wendy Levinson
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 177:265-7. 2007 - Confronting medical errors in oncology and disclosing them to cancer patientsAntonella Surbone
European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy
J Clin Oncol 25:1463-7. 2007 - Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalizationThomas E Burroughs
Center for Outcome Research, St Louis University, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 33:5-14. 2007..Multiwave telephone interviews were conducted in 2002 with 1,656 inpatients from 12 Midwestern hospitals regarding patients' conceptualization of medical errors and perceived risk of seven types of medical errors... - Patient concerns about medical errors in emergency departmentsThomas E Burroughs
Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, St Louis University, MO 63104, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:57-64. 2005.... - How surgeons disclose medical errors to patients: a study using standardized patientsDavid K Chan
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Surgery 138:851-8. 2005..Programs should be developed to teach surgeons how to communicate more effectively with patients about errors... - To Err Is Human 5 years laterAntonella Surbone
JAMA 294:1758; author reply 1759. 2005
Research Grants
- Using Team Simulation to Improve Error Disclosure to Patients and Safety CultureThomas Gallagher; Fiscal Year: 2007..Improving team communication and disclosure following harmful errors can enhance transparency and safety culture, increase patient satisfaction, and ultimately promote patient safety. ..
- Training Doctors to Disclose Unanticipated Outcomes to Patients: Randomized TrialThomas Gallagher; Fiscal Year: 2009..The findings will be widely applicable to training physicians to meet the increasing demands for effective disclosure. ..
- Training Doctors to Disclose Unanticipated Outcomes to Patients: Randomized TrialTHOMAS HENRY GALLAGHER; Fiscal Year: 2010..The findings will be widely applicable to training physicians to meet the increasing demands for effective disclosure. ..