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Robert Wachter, MD
Patient safety is not elective: a debate at the NPSF Patient Safety Congress. BMJ quality & safety 2014.
McTiernan P, Wachter RM, Meyer GS, Gandhi TK.
Renaissance of hospital generalists. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2012.
Wachter RM, Bell 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.
The relationship between hospitalists and primary care physicians. Annals of internal medicine 2010.
Wachter RM.
Intensive care for patients with AIDS: clinical and ethical issues. Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift 1995.
Wachter RM.
The GAAP in quality measurement and reporting. JAMA 2007.
Pronovost PJ, Miller M, Wachter RM.
Medical and surgical comanagement after elective hip and knee arthroplasty: a randomized, controlled trial. Annals of internal medicine 2004.
Huddleston JM, Long KH, Naessens JM, Vanness D, Larson D, Trousdale R, Plevak M, Cabanela M, Ilstrup D, Wachter RM.
Reimagining Specialty Consultation in the Digital Age: The Potential Role of Targeted Automatic Electronic Consultations. JAMA 2019.
Wachter RM, Judson TJ, Mourad M.
Improving the quality and safety of care on the medical ward: A review and synthesis of the evidence base. European journal of internal medicine 2014.
Pannick S, Beveridge I, Wachter RM, Sevdalis N.
Understanding Patient Safety Understanding Patient Safety. 2012.
Wachter RM..
Does continuity of care matter? No: discontinuity can improve patient care. The Western journal of medicine 2001.
Wachter RM.
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.
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.
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.
The end of the beginning: patient safety five years after 'to err is human'. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2004.
Wachter RM.
Focusing on Digital Health Equity. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021.
Lyles CR, Wachter RM, Sarkar U.
Development of a hospital-based program focused on improving healthcare value. Journal of hospital medicine 2014.
Moriates C, Mourad M, Novelero M, Wachter RM.
Effects of a multicentre teamwork and communication programme on patient outcomes: results from the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) project. BMJ quality & safety 2011.
Auerbach AD, Sehgal NL, Blegen MA, Maselli J, Alldredge BK, Vittinghoff E, Wachter RM.
The benefits of using hospitalists. Health Forum journal 2001.
Wachter RM.
Rationing health care: preparing for a new era. Southern medical journal 1995.
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.
Hospitalists in the United States--mission accomplished or work in progress? The New England journal of medicine 2004.
Wachter RM.
Sharing Health Care Data With Digital Giants: Overcoming Obstacles and Reaping Benefits While Protecting Patients. JAMA 2020.
Wachter RM, Cassel CK.
COVID-19 and Patient Safety-Lessons From 2 Efforts to Keep People Safe. JAMA internal medicine 2024.
Wachter RM.
Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Will the Value Match the Hype? JAMA 2019.
Emanuel EJ, Wachter RM.
Grading residents' clinical performance: unique opportunities and challenges. Journal of general internal medicine 2014.
Liao JM, Wachter RM.
Hospitals and hospitalists can reach across the "quality chasm" by restructuring inpatient care. Cost & quality : CQ 2001.
Wachter R.
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.
Respiratory failure from severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Entering the third era. Chest 1994.
Wachter RM, Luce JM.
Complications and patient satisfaction after periacetabular pelvic osteotomy. International orthopaedics 2007.
Biedermann R, Donnan L, Gabriel A, Wachter R, Krismer M, Behensky H.
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..
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.
Hospitalist workload: the search for the magic number. JAMA internal medicine 2014.
Wachter RM.
Can healthcare go from good to great? Journal of hospital medicine 2011.
Driver TH, Wachter RM.
Response to David Meltzer's paper "Hospitalists and the doctor-patient relationship". The Journal of legal studies 2001.
Wachter RM.
Understanding the new vocabulary of healthcare reform. Journal of hospital medicine 2010.
Wachter RM.
The ethical appropriateness of using prognostic scoring systems in clinical management. Critical care clinics 1994.
Luce JM, Wachter RM.
What will board certification be-and mean-for hospitalists? Journal of hospital medicine 2007.
Wachter RM.
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..
The Risks of Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine for Treatment of COVID-19-First, Do No Harm. JAMA internal medicine 2020.
DeJong C, Wachter RM.
Intensivist consultation and outcomes in critically ill patients. JAMA 2003.
Wachter RM.
The Hospitalist Movement 25 Years Later. Annual review of medicine 2023.
Kulkarni SA, Wachter RM.
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.
Hospital performance trends on national quality measures and the association with Joint Commission accreditation. Journal of hospital medicine 2011.
Schmaltz SP, Williams SC, Chassin MR, Loeb JM, Wachter RM.
Implications of the hospitalist model for medical students' education. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2001.
Hauer KE, Wachter RM.
Patient safety at 10 years: how far have we come? What's next? OR manager 2010.
Wachter R.
Advance directives for patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Critical care clinics 1993.
Wachter RM, Lo B.
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.
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.
"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.
Assessing hospital quality: a review for clinicians. Effective clinical practice : ECP 2001.
Shojania KG, Showstack J, Wachter RM.
Assessing the Evidence for Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety of Patient Safety Practices: Developing Criteria Assessing the Evidence for Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety of Patient Safety Practices: Developing Criteria. 2010.
Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM (editors)..
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.
Hospitalists: the new model of inpatient medical care in the United States. European journal of internal medicine 2003.
Flanders SA, 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.
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.
Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices. 2001.
Shojania KG, Duncan BW, McDonald KM, Wachter RM..
Patient safety at ten: unmistakable progress, troubling gaps. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2009.
Wachter RM.
AIDs, activism, and the politics of health. The New England journal of medicine 1992.
Wachter RM.
The 100,000 Lives Campaign: A scientific and policy review. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2006.
Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ.
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.
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.
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.
Making health care safer: a critical analysis of patient safety practices. Evidence report/technology assessment (Summary) 2001.
Shojania KG, Duncan BW, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Markowitz AJ.
Perspective: Physician leadership in quality. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2009.
Pronovost PJ, Miller MR, Wachter RM, Meyer GS.
Critical care of patients with AIDS. JAMA 1992.
Wachter RM, Luce JM, Hopewell PC.
Quality grand rounds: the case for patient safety. Annals of internal medicine 2006.
Wachter RM, Shojania KG, Markowitz AJ, Smith M, Saint S.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Physician attitudes toward and prevalence of the hospitalist model of care: results of a national survey. The American journal of medicine 2000.
Auerbach AD, Nelson EA, Lindenauer PK, Pantilat SZ, Katz PP, Wachter RM.
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and respiratory failure in AIDS. Improved outcomes and increased use of intensive care units. The American review of respiratory disease 1991.
Wachter RM, Russi MB, Bloch DA, Hopewell PC, Luce JM.
Is ambulatory patient safety just like hospital safety, only without the "stat"? Annals of internal medicine 2006.
Wachter RM.
Changing our culture to advance patient safety: the 2013 AANS Presidential Address. Journal of neurosurgery 2013.
Berger MS, Wachter RM, Greysen SR, Lau CY.
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.
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 Fragile Coalition: Scientists, Activists and AIDS The Fragile Coalition: Scientists, Activists and AIDS. 1991.
Wachter RM..
The expanding role of hospitalists in the United States. Swiss medical weekly 2006.
Sehgal NL, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Observation status for hospitalized patients: a maddening policy begging for revision. JAMA internal medicine 2013.
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.
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.
Tracking progress in patient safety: an elusive target. JAMA 2006.
Pronovost PJ, Miller MR, Wachter RM.
The Disappointing Impact of Interventions to Prevent Hospital Readmissions. JAMA internal medicine 2023.
Wachter RM.
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.
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.
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.
Outcomes of intensive care for patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Archives of internal medicine 2000.
Nickas G, Wachter RM.
Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety. The New England journal of medicine 2009.
Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ.