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Title NHS patient care is being compromised by doctor burnout, study finds Media name/outlet i News Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 4/09/18 Description Doctors have backed a major study that warns that burnout among medics has devastating consequences on the quality of care they deliver.
A study by experts at the universities of Manchester, Keele, Leeds, Birmingham and Westminster found that doctors with burnout are twice as likely to make mistakes such as wrong diagnosis and wrong prescriptions.URL https://inews.co.uk/news/nhs-doctors-burnout-patient-care-health-british-medical-association/ Persons Maria Panagioti Title Patient care severely compromised by doctor burnout, study suggests Media name/outlet Daily Mail Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 4/09/18 Description Burnout among doctors is jeopardising patient care, researchers have warned.
Physicians who are physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted are twice as likely to make mistakes such as incorrect diagnoses or prescriptions, according to a study published in journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
They are also twice as likely to deliver “suboptimal” care due to low professionalism and three times more likely to receive poor satisfaction ratings from patients, it found.URL www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-6130949/Patient-care-severely-compromised-doctor-burnout-study-suggests.html Persons Maria Panagioti
Keywords
- healthcare workers
- medical errors