RT Journal
A1 Michtalik HJ, Yeh H, Pronovost PJ, Brotman DJ
T1 Impact of attending physician workload on patient care: A survey of hospitalists
JF JAMA Internal Medicine
JO JAMA Internal Medicine
YR 2013
FD March 11
VO 173
IS 5
SP 375
OP 377
DO 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1864
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1864
AB 
Up to 98 000 patients die each year in the hospital as a result of preventable medical errors.1 Most errors are caused by well-intentioned individuals working within faulty systems, processes, or conditions. One such condition is excess clinical workload. For resident physicians, workload so heavy as to result in physician fatigue is associated with increased medical errors and has led to the implementation of work-hour restrictions.2- 3 For nurses, a recent cross-sectional analysis showed a significant association between patient mortality and low staffing.4 Fourteen states have enacted legislation and/or adopted regulations to address nurse staffing.5