Medical errors occur in approximately 5-10% of hospitalized patients.

Doctors are ‘second victims’ of medical errors in that they experience depression, burnout, anxiety and even substance abuse as a consequence of their involvement with medical errors.

No physician or hospital system is infallible.

Reducing the number of medical errors benefits both doctors and patients.

Visit www.acog.org/acog_districts/dist9/PatientSafetyReferenceReadingList.pdf, for a reference list of recommended patient safety reading.

Courtesy of the ACOG, District IX's Committee on Physician Work-life Balance and Patient Safety.