When a medical error occurs, an appropriate response is critical to help providers and patients understand what happened, preserve the provider’s relationship with the patient/family, and ensure that lessons are learned to improve safety. Ariadne Labs is working to scale programs to ensure that systems are in place to respond when harm events occur.
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