People Publications

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Will the Value Match the Hype? JAMA 2019.
Emanuel EJ, Wachter RM.

Hospitalist workload: the search for the magic number. JAMA internal medicine 2014.
Wachter RM.

"July effect": impact of the academic year-end changeover on patient outcomes: a systematic review. Annals of internal medicine 2011.
Young JQ, Ranji SR, Wachter RM, Lee CM, Niehaus B, Auerbach AD.

California hospital leaders' views of hospitalists: meeting needs of the present and future. Journal of hospital medicine 2009.
Vasilevskis EE, Knebel RJ, Wachter RM, Auerbach AD.

The hospitalist movement 10 years later: life as a Swiss army knife. MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine 2006.
Wachter RM.

The patient provider relationship and the hospitalist movement. Introduction. Disease-a-month : DM 2002.
Pantilat SZ, Wachter RM.

The hospitalist movement and its implications for the care of hospitalized children. Pediatrics 1999.
Bellet PS, Wachter RM.

Restricting the Number of Open Patient Records in the Electronic Health Record: Is the Record Half Open or Half Closed? JAMA 2019.
Wachter RM, Murray SG, Adler-Milstein J.

Computerised provider order entry combined with clinical decision support systems to improve medication safety: a narrative review. BMJ quality & safety 2014.
Ranji SR, Rennke S, Wachter RM.

Improving follow-up of high-risk psychiatry outpatients at resident year-end transfer. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2011.
Young JQ, Pringle Z, Wachter RM.

Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety. The New England journal of medicine 2009.
Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ.

Trends in market demand for internal medicine 1999 to 2004: an analysis of physician job advertisements. Journal of general internal medicine 2006.
Auerbach AD, Chlouber R, Singler J, Lurie JD, Bostrom A, Wachter RM.

The hospitalist movement 5 years later. JAMA 2002.
Wachter RM, Goldman L.

The hospitalist movement and the future of academic general internal medicine. Journal of general internal medicine 1998.
Wachter RM, Flanders S.

Transforming concepts in patient safety: a progress report. BMJ quality & safety 2018.
Gandhi TK, Kaplan GS, Leape L, Berwick DM, Edgman-Levitan S, Edmondson A, Meyer GS, Michaels D, Morath JM, Vincent C, Wachter R.

Safety in numbers: the development of Leapfrog's composite patient safety score for U.S. hospitals. Journal of patient safety 2014.
Austin JM, D'Andrea G, Birkmeyer JD, Leape LL, Milstein A, Pronovost PJ, Romano PS, Singer SJ, Vogus TJ, Wachter RM.

What context features might be important determinants of the effectiveness of patient safety practice interventions? BMJ quality & safety 2011.
Taylor SL, Dy S, Foy R, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Ovretveit J, Pronovost PJ, Rubenstein LV, Wachter RM, Shekelle PG.

Impact of duty-hour restriction on resident inpatient teaching. Journal of hospital medicine 2009.
Mazotti LA, Vidyarthi AR, Wachter RM, Auerbach AD, Katz PP.

Managing discontinuity in academic medical centers: strategies for a safe and effective resident sign-out. Journal of hospital medicine 2006.
Vidyarthi AR, Arora V, Schnipper JL, Wall SD, Wachter RM.

Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalists. The American journal of medicine 2001.
Pantilat SZ, Lindenauer PK, Katz PP, Wachter RM.

Effect of evaluator and resident gender on the American Board of Internal Medicine evaluation scores. Journal of general internal medicine 1998.
Rand VE, Hudes ES, Browner WS, Wachter RM, Avins AL.

Resolving the Productivity Paradox of Health Information Technology: A Time for Optimism. JAMA 2018.
Wachter RM, Howell MD.

Impact of universal health insurance coverage on hypertension management: a cross-national study in the United States and England. PloS one 2014.
Dalton AR, Vamos EP, Harris MJ, Netuveli G, Wachter RM, Majeed A, Millett C.

A framework for classifying patient safety practices: results from an expert consensus process. BMJ quality & safety 2011.
Dy SM, Taylor SL, Carr LH, Foy R, Pronovost PJ, Ovretveit J, Wachter RM, Rubenstein LV, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Shekelle PG.

Academic year-end transfers of outpatients from outgoing to incoming residents: an unaddressed patient safety issue. JAMA 2009.
Young JQ, Wachter RM.

Reflections: the hospitalist movement a decade later. Journal of hospital medicine 2006.
Wachter RM.

The "continuity visit" and the hospitalist model of care. The American journal of medicine 2001.
Wachter RM, Pantilat SZ.

Reorganizing an academic medical service: impact on cost, quality, patient satisfaction, and education. JAMA 1998.
Wachter RM, Katz P, Showstack J, Bindman AB, Goldman L.

Addressing Inpatient Hyponatremia Through Targeted Automatic E-consults: A Pilot Randomized Trial. Journal of general internal medicine 2024.
Judson TJ, Lo L, Demko JE, Mourad M, Liu KD, Wachter RM, Lopez I, Tummalapalli SL.

Understanding Patient Safety, 3rd Edition Understanding Patient Safety, 3rd Edition. 2018.
Wachter RM, Gupta K..

Diagnostic errors: central to patient safety, yet still in the periphery of safety's radar screen1). Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany) 2014.
Wachter RM.

Advancing the science of patient safety. Annals of internal medicine 2011.
Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, Taylor SL, Dy SM, Foy R, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Ovretveit J, Rubenstein LV, Adams AS, Angood PB, Bates DW, Bickman L, Carayon P, Donaldson L, Duan N, Farley DO, Greenhalgh T, Haughom J, Lake ET, Lilford R, Lohr KN, Meyer GS, Miller MR, Neuhauser DV, Ryan G, Saint S, Shojania KG, Shortell SM, Stevens DP, Walshe K.

Applying Toyota Production System principles to a psychiatric hospital: making transfers safer and more timely. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2009.
Young JQ, Wachter RM.

Could computerization harm patient safety? MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine 2006.
Wachter RM.

A pneumonia practice guideline and a hospitalist-based reorganization lead to equivalent efficiency gains. The American journal of managed care 2001.
Reddy JC, Katz PP, Goldman L, Wachter RM.

A model hospitalist training program. The hospitalist 1998.
Hauer KE, Wachter RM.

Revitalizing grand rounds in the time of COVID. BMC medical education 2024.
Santhosh L, Rosenstein LA, Wachter RM.

Hospitalist and Internal Medicine Leaders' Perspectives of Early Discharge Challenges at Academic Medical Centers. Journal of hospital medicine 2017.
Patel H, Fang MC, Mourad M, Green A, Wachter RM, Murphy RD, Harrison JD.

Responding to clinicians who fail to follow patient safety practices: perceptions of physicians, nurses, trainees, and patients. Journal of hospital medicine 2013.
Driver TH, Katz PP, Trupin L, Wachter RM.

The hazards of drawing conclusions from before-and-after studies of system-level interventions: knowing may not be enough. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2011.
Cabana MD, Wachter RM.

Diagnostic errors and patient safety. JAMA 2009.
Wachter RM, Holmboe ES.

Expected and unanticipated consequences of the quality and information technology revolutions. JAMA 2006.
Wachter RM.

Caregiver perceptions of the reasons for delayed hospital discharge. Effective clinical practice : ECP 2001.
Minichiello TM, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM.

The emerging role of "hospitalists" in the American health care system. The New England journal of medicine 1996.
Wachter RM, Goldman L.

Are Artificial Intelligence-Generated Replies the Answer to the Electronic Health Record Inbox Problem? JAMA network open 2024.
Rotenstein LS, Wachter RM.

Pragmatic Insights on Patient Safety Priorities and Intervention Strategies in Ambulatory Settings. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2017.
Sarkar U, McDonald K, Motala A, Smith P, Zipperer L, Wachter RM, Shanman R, Shekelle PG.

Changing our culture to advance patient safety: the 2013 AANS Presidential Address. Journal of neurosurgery 2013.
Berger MS, Wachter RM, Greysen SR, Lau CY.

Effective physician-nurse communication: a patient safety essential for labor and delivery. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2011.
Lyndon A, Zlatnik MG, Wachter RM.

Refocusing the lens: patient safety in ambulatory chronic disease care. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2009.
Sarkar U, Wachter RM, Schroeder SA, Schillinger D.

Proposed standards for quality improvement research and publication: one step forward and two steps back. Quality & safety in health care 2006.
Pronovost P, Wachter R.

Who will pay for the value of hospitalists? The American journal of managed care 2001.
Wachter RM.

Intensive care for patients with AIDS: clinical and ethical issues. Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift 1995.
Wachter RM.

Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir for Acute COVID-19 in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease and Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. JACC. Advances 2024.
Patel R, Dani SS, Khadke S, Kumar A, Ahmad J, Saji AM, Shah J, Mehta N, Wener K, McQuillen DP, Abraham G, Faust J, Maley J, Patel S, Mullington J, Wachter RM, Mosenthal A, Sax PE, Ganatra S.

Automatic detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with ischaemic stroke: better than routine diagnostic workup? European journal of neurology 2017.
Uphaus T, Grings A, Gröschel S, Müller A, Weber-Krüger M, Wachter R, Gröschel K.

Observation status for hospitalized patients: a maddening policy begging for revision. JAMA internal medicine 2013.
Wachter RM.

How does context affect interventions to improve patient safety? An assessment of evidence from studies of five patient safety practices and proposals for research. BMJ quality & safety 2011.
Ovretveit JC, Shekelle PG, Dy SM, McDonald KM, Hempel S, Pronovost P, Rubenstein L, Taylor SL, Foy R, Wachter RM.

Growth in care provided by hospitalists. The New England journal of medicine 2009.
Wachter RM.

Effect of the inpatient general medicine rotation on student pursuit of a generalist career. Journal of general internal medicine 2006.
Arora V, Wetterneck TB, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD, Kaboli P, Wachter RM, Levinson W, Humphrey HJ, Meltzer D.

Hospitalists' perceptions of their residency training needs: results of a national survey. The American journal of medicine 2001.
Plauth WH, Pantilat SZ, Wachter RM, Fenton CL.

Cost and outcome of intensive care for patients with AIDS, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and severe respiratory failure. JAMA 1995.
Wachter RM, Luce JM, Safrin S, Berrios DC, Charlebois E, Scitovsky AA.

The Limits of Clinician Vigilance as an AI Safety Bulwark. JAMA 2024.
Adler-Milstein J, Redelmeier DA, Wachter RM.

International Exchange and American Medicine. The New England journal of medicine 2017.
Armstrong K, Anderson ME, Carethers JM, Loscalzo J, Parmacek MS, Wachter RM, Zeidel ML.

Bringing continuing medical education to the bedside: the University of California, San Francisco Hospitalist Mini-College. Journal of hospital medicine 2013.
Sehgal NL, Wachter RM, Vidyarthi AR.

Critical conversations: a call for a nonprocedural "time out". Journal of hospital medicine 2011.
Sehgal NL, Fox M, Sharpe BA, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen M, Wachter RM.

I-CaRe: a case review tool focused on improving inpatient care. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2009.
Lee JH, Vidyarthi AR, Sehgal NL, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM.

International teleradiology. The New England journal of medicine 2006.
Wachter RM.

Does continuity of care matter? No: discontinuity can improve patient care. The Western journal of medicine 2001.
Wachter RM.

Rationing health care: preparing for a new era. Southern medical journal 1995.
Wachter RM.

Comparing frequency of booster vaccination to prevent severe COVID-19 by risk group in the United States. Nature communications 2024.
Park HJ, Gonsalves GS, Tan ST, Kelly JD, Rutherford GW, Wachter RM, Schechter R, Paltiel AD, Lo NC.

Development of a high-value care culture survey: a modified Delphi process and psychometric evaluation. BMJ quality & safety 2016.
Gupta R, Moriates C, Harrison JD, Valencia V, Ong M, Clarke R, Steers N, Hays RD, Braddock CH, Wachter R.

Focusing on value: this time is different. Journal of hospital medicine 2013.
Auerbach AD, Wachter RM.

Filling the black hole of hospital discharge (editorial in response to article by Walz et al.,J Gen Intern Med 2011). Journal of general internal medicine 2011.
Wachter RM, Auerbach AD.

A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) experience. Journal of general internal medicine 2008.
Sehgal NL, Fox M, Vidyarthi AR, Sharpe BA, Gearhart S, Bookwalter T, Barker J, Alldredge BK, Blegen MA, Wachter RM.

The "dis-location" of U.S. medicine--the implications of medical outsourcing. The New England journal of medicine 2006.
Wachter RM.

The benefits of using hospitalists. Health Forum journal 2001.
Wachter RM.

Respiratory failure from severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Entering the third era. Chest 1994.
Wachter RM, Luce JM.

COVID-19 and Patient Safety-Lessons From 2 Efforts to Keep People Safe. JAMA internal medicine 2024.
Wachter RM.

Rethinking medical ward quality. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2016.
Pannick S, Wachter RM, Vincent C, Sevdalis N.

Progress in patient safety: a glass fuller than it seems. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2013.
Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM.

The hospitalist field turns 15: new opportunities and challenges. Journal of hospital medicine 2011.
Wachter RM.

Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure. Annals of internal medicine 2008.
Wachter RM, Flanders SA, Fee C, Pronovost PJ.

Impact of reduced duty hours on residents' educational satisfaction at the University of California, San Francisco. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2006.
Vidyarthi AR, Katz PP, Wall SD, Wachter RM, Auerbach AD.

Hospitals and hospitalists can reach across the "quality chasm" by restructuring inpatient care. Cost & quality : CQ 2001.
Wachter R.

The ethical appropriateness of using prognostic scoring systems in clinical management. Critical care clinics 1994.
Luce JM, Wachter RM.

Will Generative Artificial Intelligence Deliver on Its Promise in Health Care? JAMA 2023.
Wachter RM, Brynjolfsson E.

Measurement, Certification, and Quality: Meeting Enduring Challenges with Modern Tools. Ophthalmology 2016.
Wachter RM.

Access to primary care and visits to emergency departments in England: a cross-sectional, population-based study. PloS one 2013.
Cowling TE, Cecil EV, Soljak MA, Lee JT, Millett C, Majeed A, Wachter RM, Harris MJ.

Inability of providers to predict unplanned readmissions. Journal of general internal medicine 2011.
Allaudeen N, Schnipper JL, Orav EJ, Wachter RM, Vidyarthi AR.

Quality of primary care and hospital admissions for diabetes mellitus in England. The Journal of ambulatory care management 2008.
Bottle A, Millett C, Xie Y, Saxena S, Wachter RM, Majeed A.

Clinical problem-solving. One surprise after another. The New England journal of medicine 2005.
Leeper NJ, Wener LS, Dhaliwal G, Saint S, Wachter RM.

Response to David Meltzer's paper "Hospitalists and the doctor-patient relationship". The Journal of legal studies 2001.
Wachter RM.

Advance directives for patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Critical care clinics 1993.
Wachter RM, Lo B.

The Hospitalist Movement 25 Years Later. Annual review of medicine 2023.
Kulkarni SA, Wachter RM.

The Search for Better Patient Handoff Tools. JAMA internal medicine 2016.
Schoenfeld AJ, Wachter RM.

Hospital-initiated transitional care interventions as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review. Annals of internal medicine 2013.
Rennke S, Nguyen OK, Shoeb MH, Magan Y, Wachter RM, Ranji SR.

Commentary: Medical malpractice and patient safety: tear down that wall! Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2011.
Alper EJ, Wachter RM.

The wisdom and justice of not paying for "preventable complications". JAMA 2008.
Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA, Wachter RM.

Hospital Medicine (2nd Edition) Hospital Medicine (2nd Edition) 2005.
Wachter RM, Hollander H, Goldman L..

Implications of the hospitalist model for medical students' education. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2001.
Hauer KE, Wachter RM.

Screening women of childbearing age for human immunodeficiency virus. A cost-benefit analysis. Archives of internal medicine 1992.
Brandeau ML, Owens DK, Sox CH, Wachter RM.