Promote open communication between patients and practitioners by: ● Involving healthcare consumers as active members of the healthcare team ● Encouraging open communication between practitioners and patients when adverse events occur ● Pursuing legislation that protects disclosure and apology from being used as evidence against practitioners in litigation ● Encouraging nonpunitive reporting of errors to third parties that promote information and data analysis as a basis for developing safety improvement ● Enacting federal safety legislation that provides legal protection for when information is reported to patient safety organizations