People Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nailing the nuance on COVID-19. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2022.
Wachter RM.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

Zero to 50,000 - The 20th Anniversary of the Hospitalist. The New England journal of medicine 2016.
Wachter RM, Goldman L.

Strategies to improve patient safety: the evidence base matures. Annals of internal medicine 2013.
Wachter RM, Pronovost P, Shekelle P.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Web Exclusives. Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Hospitalists and Digital Medicine-Overcoming the Productivity Paradox. Annals of internal medicine 2016.
Wachter RM.

The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now. Annals of internal medicine 2013.
Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, McDonald KM, Schoelles K, Dy SM, Shojania K, Reston JT, Adams AS, Angood PB, Bates DW, Bickman L, Carayon P, Donaldson L, Duan N, Farley DO, Greenhalgh T, Haughom JL, Lake E, Lilford R, Lohr KN, Meyer GS, Miller MR, Neuhauser DV, Ryan G, Saint S, Shortell SM, Stevens DP, Walshe K.

Advancing the next generation of handover research and practice with cognitive load theory. BMJ quality & safety 2016.
Young JQ, Wachter RM, Ten Cate O, O'Sullivan PS, Irby DM.

Making health care safer II: an updated critical analysis of the evidence for patient safety practices. Evidence report/technology assessment 2013.
Shekelle PG, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ, Schoelles K, McDonald KM, Dy SM, Shojania K, Reston J, Berger Z, Johnsen B, Larkin JW, Lucas S, Martinez K, Motala A, Newberry SJ, Noble M, Pfoh E, Ranji SR, Rennke S, Schmidt E, Shanman R, Sullivan N, Sun F, Tipton K, Treadwell JR, Tsou A, Vaiana ME, Weaver SJ, Wilson R, Winters BD.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Hospitalists, value and the future. Future hospital journal 2016.
Hoffman A, Hatefi A, Wachter R.

Attending physicians on ward rounds--reply. JAMA 2013.
Wachter RM, Verghese AC.

Investing in the future: building an academic hospitalist faculty development program. Journal of hospital medicine 2011.
Sehgal NL, Sharpe BA, Auerbach AA, 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.

The evolution of the hospitalist movement in the USA. Clinical medicine (London, England) 2002.
Baudendistel TE, 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.

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

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

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

Development and implementation of a balanced scorecard in an academic hospitalist group. Journal of hospital medicine 2013.
Hwa M, Sharpe BA, Wachter RM.

The role of theory in research to develop and evaluate the implementation of patient safety practices. BMJ quality & safety 2011.
Foy R, Ovretveit J, Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Taylor SL, Dy S, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Rubenstein LV, Wachter RM.

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.

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

Learning from our mistakes: quality grand rounds, a new case-based series on medical errors and patient safety. Annals of internal medicine 2002.
Wachter RM, Shojania KG, Saint S, Markowitz AJ, Smith M.

An introduction to the hospitalist model. Annals of internal medicine 1999.
Wachter RM.

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

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

Comanagement of surgical patients between neurosurgeons and hospitalists. Archives of internal medicine 2010.
Auerbach AD, Wachter RM, Cheng HQ, Maselli J, McDermott M, Vittinghoff E, Berger MS.

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

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

Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalists. Disease-a-month : DM 2002.
Pantilat SZ, Lindenauer PK, Katz PP, Wachter RM.

Hospitalists and the practice of inpatient medicine: results of a survey of the National Association of Inpatient Physicians. Annals of internal medicine 1999.
Lindenauer PK, Pantilat SZ, Katz PP, Wachter RM.

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

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

Perspectives on medical outsourcing and telemedicine--rough edges in a flat world? The New England journal of medicine 2008.
Singh SN, Wachter RM.

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.

The "continuity visit" and the hospitalist model of care. Disease-a-month : DM 2002.
Wachter RM, Pantilat SZ.

The hospitalist movement: ten issues to consider. Hospital practice (1995) 1999.
Wachter RM.

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

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

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

Republished paper: Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project. Postgraduate medical journal 2010.
Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AA, Wachter RM.

The future of general surgery. JAMA 2008.
Maa J, Wachter RM, Gosnell JE, Harris HW.

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

Implications of the hospitalist movement for academic departments of medicine: lessons from the UCSF experience. The American journal of medicine 1999.
Wachter RM, Goldman L.

Interview of Robert M. Wachter, MD. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2015.
Wachter RM, Kerbel RB, Aung KK.

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.

Why diagnostic errors don't get any respect--and what can be done about them. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2010.
Wachter RM.

The state of hospital medicine in 2008. The Medical clinics of North America 2008.
Wachter RM.

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

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

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

The Disappointing Impact of Interventions to Prevent Hospital Readmissions. JAMA internal medicine 2023.
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.

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

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.

Medicare's decision to withhold payment for hospital errors: the devil is in the det. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2008.
Wachter RM, Foster NE, Dudley RA.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Neurohospitalists: an emerging model for inpatient neurological care. Annals of neurology 2008.
Josephson SA, Engstrom JW, Wachter RM.

The faces of errors: a case-based approach to educating providers, policymakers, and the public about patient safety. Joint Commission journal on quality and safety 2004.
Wachter RM, Shojania KG.