People Publications

The end of the beginning: patient safety five years after 'to err is human'. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2004.
Wachter RM.

Debunking myths about the hospitalist movement. The American journal of medicine 2000.
Wachter RM.

Intensive care for patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and respiratory failure. Are we prepared for our new success? Chest 1989.
Wachter RM, Luce JM.

Preparing Clinicians for a Clinical World Influenced by Artificial Intelligence. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022.
James CA, Wachter RM, Woolliscroft JO.

Reimagining Electronic Clinical Communication in the Post-Pager, Smartphone Era. JAMA 2016.
Khanna RR, Wachter RM, Blum M.

Bringing diagnosis into the quality and safety equations. JAMA 2012.
Graber ML, Wachter RM, Cassel CK.

Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project. Quality & safety in health care 2010.
Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AA, Wachter RM.

Color-coded wristbands: promoting safety or confusion? Journal of hospital medicine 2007.
Sehgal NL, Wachter RM.

Hospitalists in the United States--mission accomplished or work in progress? The New England journal of medicine 2004.
Wachter RM.

Outcomes of intensive care for patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Archives of internal medicine 2000.
Nickas G, Wachter RM.

Decisions about resuscitation: inequities among patients with different diseases but similar prognoses. Annals of internal medicine 1989.
Wachter RM, Luce JM, Hearst N, Lo B.

Focusing on Digital Health Equity. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021.
Lyles CR, Wachter RM, Sarkar U.

CLINICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING. A Breakthrough Diagnosis. The New England journal of medicine 2015.
Murray SG, Wachter RM, Cho KC, Dhaliwal G.

Disciplining doctors for misconduct: character matters, but so does competence. BMJ quality & safety 2012.
Wachter RM.

Responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety: hospital board and medical staff leadership challenges. Chest 2010.
Goeschel CA, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ.

Identification of inpatient DNR status: a safety hazard begging for standardization. Journal of hospital medicine 2007.
Sehgal NL, Wachter RM.

Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies (four volume series) Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies (four volume series). 2004.
Shojania KG, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Owens DK..

The unintended consequences of measuring quality on the quality of medical care. The New England journal of medicine 2000.
Wachter RM, Shojania KG.

Life-sustaining treatment for patients with AIDS. Chest 1989.
Wachter RM, Luce JM, Lo B, Raffin TA.

Building a Targeted Automatic e-Consult (TACo) Program. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021.
Judson TJ, Mourad M, Wachter RM.

Effects of Interdisciplinary Team Care Interventions on General Medical Wards: A Systematic Review. JAMA internal medicine 2015.
Pannick S, Davis R, Ashrafian H, Byrne BE, Beveridge I, Athanasiou T, Wachter RM, Sevdalis N.

The attending physician on the wards: finding a new homeostasis. JAMA 2012.
Wachter RM, Verghese A.

Accountability measures--using measurement to promote quality improvement. The New England journal of medicine 2010.
Chassin MR, Loeb JM, Schmaltz SP, Wachter RM.

The surgical hospitalist: a new solution for emergency surgical care? Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 2007.
Maa J, Gosnell JE, Carter JT, Wachter RM, Harris HW.

Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes. 2004.
Wachter RM, Shojania KG..

Assessment of prognosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia who require mechanical ventilation. Chest 2000.
Pascual FE, Matthay MA, Bacchetti P, Wachter RM.

An acute exacerbation of P. carinii pneumonia. Hospital practice (Office ed.) 1989.
Epstein L, Libby E, Wachter RM.

Rates and Characteristics of Medical Malpractice Claims Against Hospitalists. Journal of hospital medicine 2021.
Schaffer AC, Yu-Moe CW, Babayan A, Wachter RM, Einbinder JS.

Hospital medicine in 2015: Remarkable successes and a crucial crossroads. Journal of hospital medicine 2015.
Wachter RM.

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.

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.

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.