Doctors Heavy Caseloads Put Patients at Risk, Study Shows

Doctors Heavy Caseloads Put Patients at Risk, Study Shows-bloomberg:  Almost half of hospital doctors said they routinely see more patients than they can safely manage, leading in some cases to unneeded tests, medication errors and deaths, according to a survey by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Seven percent of 506 hospital-based physicians surveyed said their heavy workload likely led to a patient complication, and 5 percent reported it probably caused a death over the past year. The findings are published in a research letter released yesterday by JAMA Internal Medicine.