Burntout doctors twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents

When doctors suffer from burnout, that might pose additional risks to patient safety, a new study has found. — PA Wire/dpa

Doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents and four times more likely to be dissatisfied with their job, suggests research published on Sept 14 (2022) by The BMJ medical journal.

The scale of burnout amongst clinicians and the serious impact it can have on patient safety and staff turnover has been revealed in the largest and most comprehensive systematic review and analysis of studies on the subject to date.