DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL ERROR: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAINING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS Douglas Brock, PhD Alicia Quella, PhD, MPAS, PA-C.

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DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL ERROR: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAINING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS Douglas Brock, PhD Alicia Quella, PhD, MPAS, PA-C

Nobody is perfect...

Objectives Understand that error is common and difficult to reduce in healthcare settings. Describe a training exercise to teach basic error disclosure skills. Describe key disclosure communication elements to help ensure the patient’s needs are met. Describe the “second victim” response to medical error.

Medical Error and Error Disclosure: Small Actions and their Consequences Case Example: Sepsis in the ED

Focus on Disclosure Growing public awareness of medical error New standards—National Quality Forum, Joint Commission and others State laws on disclosure and apology Evaluation of different disclosure approaches Emphasis on transparency in healthcare

44,000–98,000 annual deaths from medical error 8 th leading cause of death in U.S. Cost: $8–29 billion annually 1,000,000+ annual excess injuries Kohn T, et. Al “To Err Is Human” 1999Health Grades Quality Study 2004 Medical Error: “To Err is Human”

Adverse Events and Medical Error Remain Common 2008 data from Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) Preventable adverse events on the rise – ~1% per year 2010 data from Medicare: 13.5% of hospitalized beneficiaries experience an adverse event 1.5% experienced harm that contributed to death 44.0% were preventable adverse events or PAEs (errors) Levinson D, et al. Adverse Events in Hospitals Among Medicare Beneficiaries. OIG for DHHS Nov, 2010

400,000+ annual deaths due to preventable adverse events or PAEs (error) 40,000 to 80,000 diagnostic errors Serious harm fold more common that death 2 to 4 millions serious PAEs per year James, JT, A new evidenced based estimate of patient harms associated with hospital care Journal of Patient Safety, 2013 Medical Error: A New Look

The Disclosure Gap Harmful errors are common. Reduction in the number of errors and reducing preventable adverse events has proven difficult. Harmful errors are often not disclosed to patients. When disclosure does take place, it often fails to meet patient expectations.

Closing the Disclosure Gap: NQF’s Disclosure Safe Practice Emphasizes transparency as a core value Links disclosure with performance improvement Articulates a process of disclosure Details institutional disclosure support system Background education for healthcare workers Just-in-time coaching Emotional support for patients, families, providers

Rationale for Disclosing Errors to Patients Extension of informed consent Error disclosure as truth-telling Regulatory requirements Joint Commission, hospital policy, state laws Need to meet patient expectations Possible reduction in legal liability

Responding to Error: The COPIC Experience

Quality of Actual Disclosures? COPIC’s 3Rs: Disclosure and Compensation Program Events 445 patient surveys 705 physician surveys

COPIC Experience

Overall Quality of the Disclosure

The Michigan Experience: An Emerging Approach A departure from “deny and defend” which: Rejects fault for adverse events “Turfs” to attorneys, adversarial relationships develop Patient’s and physician’s needs become secondary UMHS D&O emphasizes: Prompt response Open communication with patient and family Ensure patient views are heard and responded to Full investigation through internal UMHS committee Discourages physicians from disclosing error

The Michigan Experience: Results Rate of new claims decreased from 7/100,000 to less than 5/100,000 Rate of lawsuits declined from 2.13/100,000 to 0.75/100,000 Median time from claim to resolution declined from 1.36 to 0.95 years Improved culture of patient safety with steady improvement on biannual safety attitudes questionnaires

Physician Assistants and Medical Error PAs will experience medical error in their careers. PAs deliver healthcare in partnership with physicians, in a role described as, “negotiated performance autonomy.” The roles that PAs and their supervising physicians play in the occurrence and disclosure of medical errors PAs is unknown. Almost no research directly addresses PAs; instead focusing on physicians, nurses and pharmacists.

American Academy of Physician Assistants—AAPA “A physician assistant should disclose to his or her supervising physician information about errors made in the course of caring for a patient. The supervising physician and PA should disclose the error to the patient if such information is significant to the patient’s interests and wellbeing. Errors do not always constitute improper, negligent, or unethical behavior, but failure to disclose them may.” Guidelines for Ethical Conduct for the Physician Assistant Profession

Educating Physician Assistants PA students and practitioners benefit from education in medical error and disclosure. Educate supervisors (physicians) and preceptors (physicians, PAs, NPs, etc.) to model appropriate disclosure skills. Provide opportunities to learn about and participate in the process of analysis of a medical error after it has occurred. Seek opportunities for small group, especially interprofessional, discussions of medical error and disclosure.

Key elements for training PAs 1. Epidemiology of error 2. Institutional disclosure issues 3. Discussion and planning following an error 4. Disclosure conversations with a patient and their family 5. What to expect from patients 6. What to expect from colleagues and leadership 7. Personal reaction to error

A Recommended Training Model Full training integrates: Didactic training Paired and small group role-play This benefits from being interprofessional (e.g., pharmacy, nursing, and medical students) Debriefing

Educating Physician Assistants Practice communicating through role play about a medical error in case scenarios Understand the importance of a timely expression of regret that is honest, personal, and empathetic Recognition of responsibility for the error and its harmful effects the importance of benevolent gestures or remedies for medical errors Patient and/or family expectations including the fear of abandonment Anticipation of potentially difficult to answer questions

Educating Physician Assistants Provide participants with examples of appropriate expressions of regret: setting, body language, eye contact choice of terminology Provide opportunities to practice in small groups. Discuss and debrief as a large group afterword Encourage peer feedback

Developing disclosure and apology skills: A proposal A series of three one-on-one role plays allows: Practice in a simple acknowledgement of error outside of a clinical context Practice acknowledging a clinical error to a supervising clinician or other colleague Practice disclosing a clinical error to a patient If time allows conduct an interprofessional “fish bowl” role play allowing: Multiple disciplines to disclose to a patient at the same time.

Getting the feel of it: 1. Select one member of a pair to be “the driver” and the second member of the pair to be the “car owner”. 2. When driver arrived and parked, you accidentally hit your neighbor’s car. The passenger door was dented slightly. The damage is about $500. No one was injured. 1. “Driver” discloses the accident to the “car owner”.

Disclosure to Supervising Physician 1. Provide a clinical case, where one participant is a physician and the other a physician assistant. 2. An error has occurred. Poor communication between a nurse and the physician assistant resulted in a fall occurring, no serious harm occurred, but the patient is frightened, and the result could have been worse. 3. Physician assistant disclosures error to physician.

Disclosure to the patient 1. Provide clinical case, where one participant is a physician assistant and the other a patient. 2. An error has occurred. Poor communication between a nurse and the physician assistant resulted in a fall occurring, no serious harm occurred, but the patient is frightened, and the result could have been worse. 3. Physician assistant discloses error to the patient.

Debrief of Group Physician Assistant Role: How was it to disclose an error to your colleague? Physician Role: What did you hear? What did you hope to hear?

Debrief of Group Physician Assistant Role: How was it to disclose an error to a patient? Patient Role: What did you hear? What did you hope to hear?

Some Questions to Stimulate Discussion Should physicians ever disclose for a PA’s error? Should PAs ever disclose for a physician’s error? Should physicians and PAs disclose error as a team? Should PAs disclose medical errors alone?

Disclosure: The basics

Discussion and Planning A team needs to: understand institutional requirements for conduct of the disclosure. agree to who will be involved in the disclosure. agree to what will be said. agree to how each team member’s role will be represented. know what to expect from the patient and family.

The “Coaching” Model Not realistic to train all clinicians in disclosure skills Provide “Just in time” coaching to clinicians, 24x7 Train clinical leaders as disclosure coaches Facilitation and negotiation skills Knowledge of risk management and legal requirements Understanding the impact of adverse events on patients, families, and clinicians Knowledge of available support services

Disclosure and the Patient Patients need: emotional support and acceptance. truthful information in a timely fashion. to understand that multiple discussions may be required to address all questions. medical information in appropriate, but jargon free language. to understand what happens next. Providers need: Disclosure coaching Informational, instrumental and emotional support

Preparation: Advice for clinicians Get help, prepare, and discuss as a team Most failed disclosures caused by lack of preparation Attend to the patient’s medical needs Initial discussion within a few hours of the event Who will be in the room? Clinicians with prior relationship Ensure everyone is emotionally capable Careful planning of roles during discussion

What should be told? Facts - generally the sooner the better But remember, the first story is usually incomplete and sometimes even wrong Avoid natural desire to “put it all together”

Steps in Disclosing Error: A Process Explain that an error occurred Apologize and express regret for the error Convey the underlying elements resulting in the error Address medical ramifications and how the error will be managed Describe steps that will be taken to prevent the recurrence of the error Arrange to speak again at a time that is convenient to patient and family Talk about follow-up

Be Prepared for Compensation Questions Acknowledge that the question is legitimate. Explain that you are not qualified or authorized to address those issues. Assure them that others who are qualified will speak with them in the near future.

Emotion Handling Anger Sadness Fear Uncertainly

Understanding the Apology “I’m sorry for what has happened to you.” Always appropriate Do not blame “the system” or colleagues. “Hospitals are complicated places….” “I’m sorry, if the nurse had only called me…” Be careful of apologies that include “buts.” “I know this is unpleasant, awful, …. but believe me, for me its shattering.”

What Comes Next? Patient and patient’s family’s response Disclosure skills are key Legal or institutional retaliation Working with your institution Malpractice concerns Professional concerns Colleagues will lose trust Patients will lose trust Become an advocate

“Second Victim” Controversial term Reaction has been liked to an acute stress disorder Embarrassment Denial and detachment Loss of confidence Inappropriately adjusting practice Emotional and physical health Depression Anxiety Re-experiencing the event Substance abuse

“Second Victim” Seek support, take time to heal Risk managers and critical incident teams Support groups Your physician supervisor Your PA colleagues Other healthcare provider colleagues Personal counseling Become an advocate for others

Resources HealthPact Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Research and Practice