Association of Coworker Reports About Unprofessional Behavior by Surgeons With Surgical Complications in Their Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

For surgical teams, high reliability and optimal performance depend on effective communication, mutual respect, and continuous situational awareness. Surgeons who model unprofessional behaviors may undermine a culture of safety, threaten teamwork, and thereby increase the risk for medical errors and surgical complications.

Objective

To test the hypothesis that patients of surgeons with higher numbers of reports from coworkers about unprofessional behaviors are at greater risk for postoperative complications than patients whose surgeons generate fewer coworker reports.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study assessed data from 2 geographically diverse academic medical centers that participated in the National Surgical Quality Improv

SUBMITTER: Cooper WO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6585020 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature