Physician Burnout Associated with Increase in Perceived Medical Errors
U.S. Newswire, September, 2006
ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Physicians who believe they have committed a major medical error in the previous three months are more likely to report symptoms of burnout and depression, which may also increase the risk of a future error, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published in the current issue of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Since the Institute of Medicine's 1999 report that as many as 100,000 patients die each year because of preventable medical errors, several studies of physicians in medical and surgical residency programs have found that a significant proportion of medical trainees make medical errors. "In addition to the obvious negative effects of errors on patients, studies have shown that the physicians...
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