Clinical risk management

Open disclosure resources

The Department of Health has a range of resources to assist organisations to develop internal policies, processes and practices in relation to open disclosure of adverse events.

• Open disclosure toolkit
• VCQ Open disclosure podcast
• Open disclosure e-Learning.

 Open disclosure checklist and plan

 Patient/family brochure - Information for patients, carers and families about adverse events and open disclosure

 Open disclosure flowchart – Incident Severity Rating (ISR) 1 & 2

 Open disclosure flowchart – Incident Severity Rating (ISR) 3 & 4

 Open disclosure for Victorian health services - A guidebook

 Organisational readiness checklist

 Open Disclosure - Patient Questionnaire

 Open Disclosure - Staff Questionnaire

 Open Disclosure - Communication with Patient/ Family following adverse events