People Publications

Financial incentives and mortality: taking pay for performance a step too far. BMJ quality & safety 2016.
Gupta K, Wachter RM, Kachalia A.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Inpatient Understanding of Their Care Team and Receipt of Mixed Messages: a Two-Site Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of general internal medicine 2023.
Atkinson MK, Wazir M, Barkoudah E, Khalil H, Mani S, Harrison JD, Yao-Cohen E, Weiss R, To C, Bambury EA, Cimino J, Mora R, Maru J, Curatola N, Juergens N, Schnipper JL.

Discharge by Noon: Toward a Better Understanding of Benefits and Costs. Journal of hospital medicine 2021.
Zorian A, Shine D, Mourad M.