Strengthening open disclosure after incidents in maternity care: a realist synthesis of international research evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Open Disclosure (OD) is open and timely communication about harmful events arising from health care with those affected. It is an entitlement of service-users and an aspect of their recovery, as well as an important dimension of service safety improvement. Recently, OD in maternity care in the English National Health Service has become a pressing public issue, with policymakers promoting multiple interventions to manage the financial and reputational costs of communication failures. There is limited research to understand how OD works and its effects in different contexts.

Methods

Realist literature screening, data extraction, and retroductive theorisation involving two advisory stakeholder groups. Data relevant to families, clinicians, and services were mapped to

SUBMITTER: Adams M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10041808 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature