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