Female physicians who have kids may be more likely to experience job burnout after reporting involvement in a medical mistake or adverse event, a study published in in BMJ Quality & Safety found. The ...

1. Talking about the medical error. The majority of the physician respondents said “being able to talk about it” helped them the most. “ [M]ost felt that having someone who could understand the ...

Other clinicians from the "error happens" camp believe that systems, not humans, are largely to blame for errors. A registered nurse explained. "System errors, not ...

A middle-aged man with sepsis from a diabetic foot wound was admitted to a rural Utah hospital. It was clear the patient needed to be transferred to University of Utah Health for specialty care.

The physicians, nurse practitioners and physician associates who provide medical care in nursing homes do not work for the facility and are not paid ...