People Publications

Predictors of likelihood of speaking up about safety concerns in labour and delivery. BMJ quality & safety 2012.
Lyndon A, Sexton JB, Simpson KR, Rosenstein A, Lee KA, Wachter RM.

Potential unintended consequences due to Medicare's "no pay for errors" rule? A randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with internal medicine residents. Journal of general internal medicine 2010.
Mookherjee S, Vidyarthi AR, Ranji SR, Maselli J, Wachter RM, Baron RB.

The GAAP in quality measurement and reporting. JAMA 2007.
Pronovost PJ, Miller M, Wachter RM.

Intensivist consultation and outcomes in critically ill patients. JAMA 2003.
Wachter RM.

Unreliability of physician "report cards" to assess cost and quality of care. JAMA 2000.
Shojania KG, Wachter RM.

Intensive care for patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Intensive care medicine 1989.
Luce JM, Wachter RM.

Delayed Second Dose versus Standard Regimen for Covid-19 Vaccination. The New England journal of medicine 2021.
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Interview of Robert M. Wachter, MD. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2015.
Wachter RM, Kerbel RB, Aung KK.

Personal accountability in healthcare: searching for the right balance. BMJ quality & safety 2012.
Wachter RM.

Bleeding talent: a lesson from industry on embracing physician workforce challenges. Journal of hospital medicine 2010.
Kneeland PP, Kneeland C, Wachter RM.

Drug withdrawals in the United States: a systematic review of the evidence and analysis of trends. Current drug safety 2007.
Issa AM, Phillips KA, Van Bebber S, Nidamarthy HG, Lasser KE, Haas JS, Alldredge BK, Wachter RM, Bates DW.

Hospitalists: the new model of inpatient medical care in the United States. European journal of internal medicine 2003.
Flanders SA, Wachter RM.

Training future hospitalists. The Western journal of medicine 1999.
Hauer KE, Flanders SA, Wachter RM.

A hidden complication of heart disease. Hospital practice (Office ed.) 1988.
Wachter RM, Tierney LM.

Lethargy and confusion after total nephrectomy. Hospital practice (Office ed.) 1986.
Wachter RM, Fields S.

The Risks of Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine for Treatment of COVID-19-First, Do No Harm. JAMA internal medicine 2020.
DeJong C, Wachter RM.

A Conversation With Robert Wachter, MD. Reality Bytes: Medicine's Bumpy Ride Into the Digital Age. Managed care (Langhorne, Pa.) 2015.
Wachter R, Wehrwein P.

Specialty hospitalists: analyzing an emerging phenomenon. JAMA 2012.
Nelson JR, Wellikson L, Wachter RM.

The relationship between hospitalists and primary care physicians. Annals of internal medicine 2010.
Wachter RM.

The surgical hospitalist: a new model for emergency surgical care. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2007.
Maa J, Carter JT, Gosnell JE, Wachter R, Harris HW.

Improved survival with highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients with severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. AIDS (London, England) 2003.
Morris A, Wachter RM, Luce J, Turner J, Huang L.

Risk factors for early hospital readmission in patients with AIDS and pneumonia. Journal of general internal medicine 1999.
Grant RW, Charlebois ED, Wachter RM.

Intensive care of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: time for a reassessment? The American review of respiratory disease 1988.
Luce JM, Wachter RM, Hopewell PC.

The impact of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome on medical residency training. The New England journal of medicine 1986.
Wachter RM.

Sharing Health Care Data With Digital Giants: Overcoming Obstacles and Reaping Benefits While Protecting Patients. JAMA 2020.
Wachter RM, Cassel CK.

The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age 2015.
Wachter RM.

Associations between Internet-based patient ratings and conventional surveys of patient experience in the English NHS: an observational study. BMJ quality & safety 2012.
Greaves F, Pape UJ, King D, Darzi A, Majeed A, Wachter RM, Millett C.

Cross-sectional analysis of hospitalist prevalence and quality of care in California. Journal of hospital medicine 2010.
Vasilevskis EE, Knebel RJ, Dudley RA, Wachter RM, Auerbach AD.

Complications and patient satisfaction after periacetabular pelvic osteotomy. International orthopaedics 2007.
Biedermann R, Donnan L, Gabriel A, Wachter R, Krismer M, Behensky H.

Implementation of a voluntary hospitalist service at a community teaching hospital: improved clinical efficiency and patient outcomes. Annals of internal medicine 2002.
Auerbach AD, Wachter RM, Katz P, Showstack J, Baron RB, Goldman L.

A new doctor in the house: ethical issues in hospitalist systems. JAMA 1999.
Pantilat SZ, Alpers A, Wachter RM.

Attitudes of medical residents regarding intensive care for patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Archives of internal medicine 1988.
Wachter RM, Cooke M, Hopewell PC, Luce JM.

Ripping and filing Journal articles. The New England journal of medicine 1984.
Wachter RM.

Ethics in Conflict: Moral Distress as a Root Cause of Burnout. Journal of general internal medicine 2019.
Dzeng E, Wachter RM.

English National Health Service's savings plan may have helped reduce the use of three 'low-value' procedures. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2015.
Coronini-Cronberg S, Bixby H, Laverty AA, Wachter RM, Millett C.

High-profile investigations into hospital safety problems in England did not prompt patients to switch providers. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2012.
Laverty AA, Smith PC, Pape UJ, Mears A, Wachter RM, Millett C.

Patient whiteboards as a communication tool in the hospital setting: a survey of practices and recommendations. Journal of hospital medicine 2010.
Sehgal NL, Green A, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen MA, Wachter RM.

What will board certification be-and mean-for hospitalists? Journal of hospital medicine 2007.
Wachter RM.

Intensive care of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2002.
Morris A, Creasman J, Turner J, Luce JM, Wachter RM, Huang L.

Hospitalist staffing requirements. Effective clinical practice : ECP 1999.
Lurie JD, Wachter RM.

Ethical dilemmas about intensive care for patients with AIDS. Reviews of infectious diseases 1987.
Lo B, Raffin TA, Cohen NH, Wachter RM, Luce JM, Hopewell PC.

The Molecular Medicine Investigation Unit: Linking Patient Care and Scientific Inquiry in Physician-Scientist Training. Journal of graduate medical education 2020.
Berger A, Matloubian M, Shah NP, Wachter RM, DeRisi JL, Anderson M.

National hospital ratings systems share few common scores and may generate confusion instead of clarity. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2015.
Austin JM, Jha AK, Romano PS, Singer SJ, Vogus TJ, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ.

Associations between Web-based patient ratings and objective measures of hospital quality. Archives of internal medicine 2012.
Greaves F, Pape UJ, King D, Darzi A, Majeed A, Wachter RM, Millett C.

Understanding the new vocabulary of healthcare reform. Journal of hospital medicine 2010.
Wachter RM.

The impact of duty hours on resident self reports of errors. Journal of general internal medicine 2007.
Vidyarthi AR, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM, Katz PP.

Safe but sound: patient safety meets evidence-based medicine. JAMA 2002.
Shojania KG, Duncan BW, McDonald KM, Wachter RM.

The potential size of the hospitalist workforce in the United States. The American journal of medicine 1999.
Lurie JD, Miller DP, Lindenauer PK, Wachter RM, Sox HC.

Symptomatic hypotension induced by nifedipine in the acute treatment of severe hypertension. Archives of internal medicine 1987.
Wachter RM.

Patient safety movement in neurological surgery: the current state and future directions. Journal of neurosurgery 2019.
Sankaran S, Andrews JP, Chicas M, Wachter RM, Berger MS.

Reverse epidemiology in different stages of heart failure. International journal of cardiology 2015.
Güder G, Gelbrich G, Edelmann F, Wachter R, Pieske B, Pankuweit S, Maisch B, Prettin C, Brenner S, Morbach C, Berliner D, Deubner N, Ertl G, Angermann CE, Störk S.

Renaissance of hospital generalists. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2012.
Wachter RM, Bell D.

Patient safety at 10 years: how far have we come? What's next? OR manager 2010.
Wachter R.

The 100,000 Lives Campaign: A scientific and policy review. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2006.
Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ.

The evolution of the hospitalist model in the United States. The Medical clinics of North America 2002.
Wachter RM.

Financial implications of implementing a hospitalist program. Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 1999.
Wachter RM, Whitcomb WF, Nelson JR.

Intensive care of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Outcome and changing patterns of utilization. The American review of respiratory disease 1986.
Wachter RM, Luce JM, Turner J, Volberding P, Hopewell PC.

Promoting Prenatal Penicillin Allergy Evaluations: A Multi-Year Process Improvement Study. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2024.
Tsao LR, Wen S, Lamar RC, Irani RA, Otani IM.

Increased expression of urokinase during atherosclerotic lesion development causes arterial constriction and lumen loss, and accelerates lesion growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002.
Falkenberg M, Tom C, DeYoung MB, Wen S, Linnemann R, Dichek DA.