From implementation to sustainment: A large-scale adverse event disclosure support program generated through embedded research in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT: In 2008, the Veterans Health Administration published a groundbreaking policy on disclosing large-scale adverse events to patients in order to promote transparent communication in cases where harm may not be obvious or even certain. Without embedded research, the evidence on whether or not implementation of this policy was generating more harm than good among Veteran patients was unknown. Through an embedded research-operations partnership, we conducted four research projects that led to the development of an evidence-based large-scale disclosure toolkit and disclosure support program, and its implementation across VA healthcare. Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, we identified specific activities corresponding to planning, engaging, executing, reflecting and

SUBMITTER: Elwy AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11365187 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature