Association of resident fatigue and distress with perceived medical errors.

By Colin P. West, A. Tan, T. Habermann, J. Sloan, Tait D. Shanafelt. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2009

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Physician Burnout, Well-being, and Work Unit Safety Grades in Relationship to Reported Medical Errors (2018, positive): “The odds of error increased by 5% for each 1-point increase in EE (on a 54-point scale, consistent with prior studies reporting 5%-7% increases), by 10% for each 1-point increase in DP (on a 33-point scale, consistent with prior studies reporting 9%-11%), and by 5% for each 1-point decrease in PA (o”
Burnout Among Health Care Professionals: A Call to Explore and Address This Underrecognized Threat to Safe, High-Quality Care (2017, background): “Burnout may also increase health care expenditures indirectly via higher rates of medical errors [14,16,17] and malpractice claims [14,15], absenteeism, and lower job productivity [12,44-47].”
Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care-associated infection. (2012, neutral): “47 Holden et al 48 reported that external mental demands, such as interruptions, divided attention, and feeling rushed, are associated with burnout and the increased likelihood of perceived medication-dispensing errors in pharmacists.”